Otocyon megalotis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Bat-eared Fox

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1822-07-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Seconde partie, contenant les ordres des rongeurs, des édentés, des pachydermes, des ruminans et des cétacés. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 277-555 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521982

Original name as described

canis megalotis

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Somalia · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · Mozambique · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005963

Country distribution map

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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.

Otocyon canescens

Cabrera, 1910

Family

Canidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.4.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/97f722bc-bc13-4232-8c32-1c8d49fdd563

Authority page

462

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619703

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Otocyon virgatus

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Canidae

Root name

virgatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162126

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/355c34993-0a5f-4109-8ec1-7fcaf70c887a

Authority page

485

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812985

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Otocyon megalotis

Lesson, 1842

Family

Canidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Matschie (1895:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Lydekker (1908:461, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  4. Roberts (1913:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  5. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  9. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  11. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15642/46123809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Otocyon megalotis canescens

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otocyon megalotis megalotis

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Otocyon megalotis virgatus

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

virgatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

canis megalotis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Canidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

538

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521982

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Canis Lalandi

(Desmoulins, 1823)

Family

Canidae

Root name

lalandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25673795

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

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

Otocyon caffer

J. Müller, 1836

Family

Canidae

Root name

caffer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

l

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14168751

Authority publication

Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin

Name usages

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

Agriodus auritus

(C. H. Smith, 1840)

Family

Canidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18063792

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Otocyon steinhardti

Zukowsky, 1924

Family

Canidae

Root name

steinhardti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

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