Dusicyon australis

Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792). In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 144. TYPE LOCALITY: "America and Falkland islands." DISTRIBUTION: Falkland Islands. STATUS: IUCN - Extinct. SYNONYMS: antarcticus Bechstein, 1799; darwini Thomas, 1914. COMMENTS: Placed in Dusicyon by Cabrera (1931) and Berta...

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Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Dusicyon
Dusicyon australis
Antarc*
antarcticus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288007
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/41263629C32D7478FF3DFF5BFB141080
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Summary:Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792). In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 144. TYPE LOCALITY: "America and Falkland islands." DISTRIBUTION: Falkland Islands. STATUS: IUCN - Extinct. SYNONYMS: antarcticus Bechstein, 1799; darwini Thomas, 1914. COMMENTS: Placed in Dusicyon by Cabrera (1931) and Berta (1987, 1988), and considered as a subgenus separate from other "foxes" (i.e., culpaeus, griseus, gymnocercus, and sechurae) by Langguth (1975) and Van Gelder (1978). Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 283, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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