Vulpes ferrilata

Hodgson, 1842

Tibetan 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

Hodgson, B.H. 1842. Notice of the mammals of Tibet, with descriptions and plates of some new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11(124):275-289.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000001

Original name as described

Vulpes ferrilatus

Other common names

Sand Fox · Tibetan Sand Fox

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.213

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a7de764-147c-4984-b909-28d7953154db

Type locality

near Lhasa, Tibet.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Nepal · India · Bhutan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005971

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 ferrilatus

Hodgson, 1842

Family

Canidae

Root name

ferrilata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.213

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a7de764-147c-4984-b909-28d7953154db

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000001

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1853:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)

Canis ekloni

(Przewalski, 1883)

Family

Canidae

Root name

ekloni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 1475

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

216

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Vulpes ferrilata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Canidae

Root name

ferrilata

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 (1982:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23061/46179412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cynalopex ferrilatus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Canidae

Root name

ferrilatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534669

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Canis eckloni

(Stein-Nordheim, 1884)

Family

Canidae

Root name

eckloni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

111

Authority publication

book

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