Lycalopex culpaeus

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Culpeo

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.

Authority publication link

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635

Original name as described

Canis Culpaeus

Other common names

Andean Fox

Type locality

Santiago Province, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

Lycalopex has priority over Pseudalopex, although some publications use Pseudalopex

Taxonomy notes citation

Favarini, M. O., Simão, T. L., Macedo, G. S., Garcez, F. S., Oliveira, L. R., Cárdenas-Alayza, S., ... & Eizirik, E. (2022). Complex evolutionary history of the South American fox genus Lycalopex (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Diversity, 14(8), 642.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005954

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.

Pseudalopex culpaeola

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.1.24.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa947c36-11e7-4792-b7fb-0f2febc122cb

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818596

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pseudalopex culpaeus andina

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Canidae

Root name

andina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b5bac0b-9111-4f93-afb1-aa14bb22d132

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818594

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Pseudalopex inca

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Canidae

Root name

inca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.10.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dcde2e2b-b324-4ec9-a156-52318e95efe3

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818598

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pseudalopex smithersi

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Canidae

Root name

smithersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.3.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2550709e-52dd-4416-a62b-958ada69934d

Authority page

573

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641332

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Speothos riveti

(Trouessart, 1906)

Family

Canidae

Root name

riveti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1904-773

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1904-773

Authority page

1185

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

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

Vulpes Magellanicus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Canidae

Root name

magellanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dusicyon culpaeus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeus

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 (1982:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Lycalopex culpaeus andinus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lycalopex culpaeus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6929/85324366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lycalopex culpaeus culpaeus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lycalopex culpaeus lycoides

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

lycoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lycalopex culpaeus magellanicus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

magellanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lycalopex culpaeus reissii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

reissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lycalopex culpaeus smithersi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

smithersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pseudalopex culpaeus andinus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pseudalopex culpaeus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pseudalopex culpaeus culpaeus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pseudalopex culpaeus lycoides

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

lycoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pseudalopex culpaeus magellanicus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

magellanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pseudalopex culpaeus reissii

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

reissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pseudalopex culpaeus smithersi

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Canidae

Root name

smithersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis Culpaeus

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Canis Vulpes chilensis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Canidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664168

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Vulpes magellanica

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Canidae

Root name

magellanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

578

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268169

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Canis magellanicus

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Canidae

Root name

magellanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570815

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Canis magellanicus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Canidae

Root name

magellanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40299748

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis azarae

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Canidae

Root name

azarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007905

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

  1. Tschudi (1845:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis (Pseudalopex) lycoides

(R. A. Philippi, 1896)

Family

Canidae

Root name

lycoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

542

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49873327

Authority publication

Anales de la Universidad de Chile

Canis montanus

(Prichard, 1902)

Family

Canidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

260

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

Canis albigula

(R. A. Philippi, 1903)

Family

Canidae

Root name

albigula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15069244

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Canis amblyodon

(R. A. Philippi, 1903)

Family

Canidae

Root name

amblyodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Canis prichardi

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Canidae

Root name

prichardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423115

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Canis (Angusticeps) reissii

(Hilzheimer, 1906)

Family

Canidae

Root name

reissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258818

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Canis magellanicus typicus

(Trouessart, 1910)

Family

Canidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

A12

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Canis culpaeus reissi

(Osgood, 1914)

Family

Canidae

Root name

reissi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646781

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Pseudalopex culpaea

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Canidae

Root name

culpaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626808

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Canis ferrugineus

(Huber, 1925)

Family

Canidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

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

Canis (Dusicyon) smithersi

(L. Kraglievich, 1930)

Family

Canidae

Root name

smithersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Physis

Name usages

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

Canis magellanicus priscus

(Spillmann, 1938)

Family

Canidae

Root name

priscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

387

Authority publication

Palaeobiologica

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