Atelocynus microtis

(P. L. Sclater, 1883)

Short-eared Dog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Canoidea
Family : Canidae
Genus : Atelocynus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sclater, P.L. 1883-04. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, September, and October, 1882. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(4):630-631.

Original name as described

Canis microtis

Other common names

Short-eared Fox

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1883.4.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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