Vulpes cana

Blanford, 1877

Blanford's Fox

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blanford, W.T. 1877. Note on two species of Asiatic bears, the "Mamh" of Balúchistán and _Ursus pruinosus_, Blyth, of Tibet, and on an apparently undescribed fox from Balúchistán. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 46(4):315-323.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548409

Original name as described

Vulpes canus

Other common names

Royal Fox · King Fox · Afghan Fox

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1878.4.23.1, ZSI 7287

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d3c5a6f-db21-473f-8aaa-550a74cff78b

Type locality

Pakistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Oman · Yemen · Saudi Arabia · United Arab Emirates · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005968

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.

Vulpes canus

Blanford, 1877

Family

Canidae

Root name

cana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.4.23.1, ZSI 7287

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d3c5a6f-db21-473f-8aaa-550a74cff78b

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548409

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Vulpes cana var. nigricans

Shitkov, 1907

Family

Canidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-168535

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-168535

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895154

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Vulpes cana

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Canidae

Root name

cana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:248, 249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  5. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23050/48075169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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