Talk:Culpeo
Updating taxonomy
editI will be updating the Canidae taxonomy and common names to match Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005) as follows:
- Family Canidae
- Genus Vulpes
- Vulpes lagopus - Arctic Fox (4 subspecies)
- Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox
- Vulpes pallida - Pale Fox (5 subspecies)
- Vulpes bengalensis - Bengal Fox
- Vulpes cana - Blanford's Fox
- Vulpes chama - Cape Fox
- Vulpes corsac Corsac Fox (2 subspecies)
- Vulpes ferrilata - move Tibetan Fox to Tibetan Sand Fox (includes ekloni)
- Vulpes rueppellii - Rüppell's Fox (5 subspecies)
- Vulpes velox - Swift Fox (includes hebes)
- Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox (45 subspecies)
- Vulpes zerda - move Fennec to Fennec Fox
- Genus Atelocynus
- Genus Canis
- Canis adustus - Side-striped Jackal (6 subspecies)
- Canis aureus - Golden Jackal (13 subspecies)
- Canis latrans - Coyote (19 subspecies)
- Canis lupus - Grey Wolf - (37 subspecies, including dingo, familiaris and lycaon)
- Canis mesomelas - Black-backed Jackal (2 subspecies)
- Canis simensis - Ethiopian Wolf (2 subspecies)
- Genus Cerdocyon
- Cerdocyon thous - Crab-eating Fox (6 subspecies)
- Genus Chrysocyon
- Genus Cuon
- Cuon alpinus - Dhole (3 subspecies)
- Genus Dusicyon
- Genus Lycalopex
- Lycalopex culpaeus - Culpeo (6 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
- Lycalopex fulvipes - Darwin's Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
- Lycalopex griseus - South American Gray Fox new article
- Lycalopex gymnocercus - Pampas Fox (5 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
- Lycalopex sechurae - Sechuran Fox new article
- Lycalopex vetulus - Hoary Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
- Genus Lycaon
- Lycaon pictus - African Wild Dog (5 subspecies)
- Genus Nyctereutes
- Nyctereutes procyonoides - Raccoon Dog (5 subspecies)
- Genus Otocyon
- Otocyon megalotis - Bat-eared Fox (2 subspecies)
- Genus Speothos
- Speothos venaticus - Bush Dog (3 subspecies)
- Genus Urocyon
- Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox (16 subspecies)
- Urocyon littoralis - Island Fox (6 subspecies)
- Genus Vulpes
- Family Canidae
I will hold off for a few days for comments. Since I'm posting this in multiple places, please contact me on my talk page if you have any concerns. I'll wait a week to give folks time to comment. -
File:Culpeo MC.jpg to appear as POTD soon
editHello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Culpeo MC.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 18, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-06-18. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 17:03, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Name
editWhat is the local origin of the name Culpeo? --Scottishwildcat12 (talk) 11:26, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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