Cerdocyon thous

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Crab-eating Fox

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946256

Original name as described

Canis Thous

Other common names

Savannah Fox

Type locality

Suriname.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005947

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cerdocyon mimax

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Canidae

Root name

mimax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.7.7.39

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818592

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon thous lunaris

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Canidae

Root name

lunaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.7.24

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818593

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon apollinaris

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Canidae

Root name

apollinaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.3.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641806

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon thous jucundus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Canidae

Root name

jucundus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.1.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626805

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon tucumanus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Canidae

Root name

tucumanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.1.5.29

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626805

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon thous germanus

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Canidae

Root name

germanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:19850

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19850

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510584

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Urocyon aquilus

(Bangs, 1898)

Family

Canidae

Root name

aquilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8001

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8001

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263661

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis cancrivorus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Canidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Lesson (1827:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Lahille (1899:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis Azarae

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1824)

Family

Canidae

Root name

azarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17694

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

unnumbered

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Gervais (1837:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)

Canis cancrivorus savannarum

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Canidae

Root name

savannarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980190

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis thous angulensis

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Canidae

Root name

angulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

460

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993222

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis thous guaraxa

(von Ihering, 1911)

Family

Canidae

Root name

guaraxa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

Ihering (1911:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

Canis thous melampus

(von Ihering, 1911)

Family

Canidae

Root name

melampus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

Ihering (1911:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

Canis thous thous

(von Ihering, 1911)

Family

Canidae

Root name

thous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

Ihering (1911:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

Dusicyon thous

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Canidae

Root name

thous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Cerdocyon thous aquilus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

aquilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cerdocyon thous azarae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

azarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cerdocyon thous entrerianus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

entrerianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cerdocyon thous

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

thous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4248/81266293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cerdocyon thous thous

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

thous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis Thous

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Canidae

Root name

thous

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946256

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:574, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Ihering (1911:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

Canis brasiliensis

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1824)

Family

Canidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

unnumbered (plate)

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon guaraxa

C. H. Smith, 1839

Family

Canidae

Root name

guaraxa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521858

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis brachyteles

(de Blainville, 1843)

Family

Canidae

Root name

brachyteles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis melampus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Canidae

Root name

melampus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703388

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis melanostomus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Canidae

Root name

melanostomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703389

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis robustior

(Lund, 1843)

Family

Canidae

Root name

robustior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis entrerianus

(Burmeister, 1861)

Family

Canidae

Root name

entrerianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

400

Authority publication

Halle

Canis rudis

(A. Günther, 1879)

Family

Canidae

Root name

rudis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis cancrivorus

(Winge, 1895)

Family

Canidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835256

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis (Thous) Azarai

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Canidae

Root name

azarai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147045

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycalopex vetulus

(Studer, 1905)

Family

Canidae

Root name

vetulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11682910

Authority publication

Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis thous riograndensis

(von Ihering, 1911)

Family

Canidae

Root name

riograndensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

217

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798735

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

  1. Ihering (1911:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon thous fronto

Lönnberg, 1919

Family

Canidae

Root name

fronto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455252

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cerdocyon thous affinis

Marelli, 1932

Family

Canidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Memorias del Jardín Zoológico de La Plata

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycalopex thous flavogriseus

(Zukowsky, 1950)

Family

Canidae

Root name

flavogriseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Zoologische Garten (Leipzig)

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycalopex thous fulvogriseus

(Cabrera, 1958)

Family

Canidae

Root name

fulvogriseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

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