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Dusicyon[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Subfamily: Caninae Genus: Dusicyon
C. E. H. Smith, 1839 Citation: Jardine's Natur. Libr., 9: 248.Species Dusicyon is a genus of extinct South American canids. The type species is Dusicyon australis, the extinct Falkland Islands Wolf. In 1914, Oldfield Thomas established the genus Dusicyon, in which he included the Culpeo and other South American foxes. These other canids were removed to Lycalopex by Langguth in 1975.[2] Dusicyon avus, widely distributed in the late Pleistocene from Uruguay through Buenos Aires Province to southernmost Chile, may be a close relative of the Falkland Islands Wolf.[3] It disappeared in the late Holocene at least 3000 years BP in the island of Tierra del Fuego and about 1600 years BP in the continent.[4]
References
- ^ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000797.
- ^ Lycalopex. Wilson and Reeder's Mammal Species of the World, Third Edition. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000799
- ^ New Clues To Extinct Falklands Wolf Mystery. ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2009). http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102121449.htm
- ^ Constraining the time of extinction of the South American fox Dusicyon avus (Carnivora, Canidae) during the late Holocene. Francisco Prevosti, Fernando Santiago, Luciano Prates, Mónica Salemme, and Fabiana Martin. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 12, EGU2010-577-1, 2010. EGU General Assembly 2010 http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-577-1.pdf
See also
(Lycalopex mentioned as Dusicyon) THE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS ACT 1976 (MODIFICATION) (NO.2) ORDER 2007. http://archive.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/protect/documents/dwa-animallist.pdf
Categories:- Canines
- Foxes
- Mammals of South America
- Carnivora stubs
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