Vulpes pallida

(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Pale Fox

Also as Pallid Fox|African Sand Fox.
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Location:Chad, Ennedi-Ouest region, Ennedi Massif, Derde Camp Ennedi LodgeDate taken:Mar 24, 2023

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6870

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Cynoidea
Family : Canidae
Subfamily : Caninae
Tribe : Vulpini
Genus : Vulpes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cretzschmar, P.J. 1827. [Heft 5, pl. 11-13]. Pp. 33–38 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140616 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140617

Original name as described

Canis pallidus

Other common names

Pallid Fox · African Sand Fox

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4334

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Guinea? · Gambia · Mali · Burkina Faso · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005974

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.

Total: 15 names and synonyms.

Canis pallidus

(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4334

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

33, pl. 11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140616 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140617

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. ff p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  3. de Winton (1899:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14084)
  4. Zimara (1935:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  5. Zimara (1935:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Canis pallidus

(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

16 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140550

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Canis pygmaeus

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1833)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

sig. ff p. 2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508428

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. ff p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)

Cynalopex pallidus

(C. H. Smith, 1839)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521802

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smith (1839:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38430)

Vulpes pygmœus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Canidae

Root name

pygmoeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · nomen_nudum

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Fennecus pallidus

(J. E. Gray, 1869)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397126

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1869:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  2. Gray (1869:520, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37819)

Vulpes edwardsi

A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883

Family

Canidae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1881-1756

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1881-1756

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31636578

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

  1. Rochebrune (1883:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  2. Zimara (1935:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Vulpes pallida

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598902

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66458)
  2. Allen (1939:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Setzer (1956:551, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  4. Coetzee (1971:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Wozencraft (1993:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  9. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  10. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  12. Geraads (2011:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11706)
  13. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23052/16813736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vulpes pallidus

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423118

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Canis (Cynalopex) pallidus oertzeni

(Matschie, 1910)

Family

Canidae

Root name

oertzeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A.165.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615822

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

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