Speothos venaticus

(Lund, 1842)

Bush Dog

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afhandl, 9, 67

Original name as described

Cynogale venatica

Other common names

Vinegar Dog · Savannah Dog

Type locality

Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005964

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.

Cynalicus melanogaster

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Canidae

Root name

melanogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.2.13.10, BMNH:Mamm:1846.3.17.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/109d7193-d506-49dc-b7c7-10d744ba1936 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb7524db-1170-4506-9d63-e33433672ae5

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633783

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Icticyon panamensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1912)

Family

Canidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179046

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30ab2cbfd-403f-4672-b045-2195f04ed5f8

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910348

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Speothos venaticus

von Ihering, 1911

Family

Canidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798739

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

  1. Ihering (1911:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20468/9203243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Speothos venaticus panamensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

panamensis

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 (2009:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Speothos venaticus venaticus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

venaticus

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 (2009:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Speothos venaticus wingei

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

wingei

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 (2009:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cynogale venatica

(Lund, 1842)

Family

Canidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Icticyon major

(P. W. Lund, 1843)

Family

Canidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1-82

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Melictis baskii

(A. Schinz, 1848)

Family

Canidae

Root name

baskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366697

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

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

Speothos wingei

von Ihering, 1911

Family

Canidae

Root name

wingei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798740

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

Ihering (1911:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

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