Atelocynus microtis

(P. L. Sclater, 1883)

Short-eared Dog

Side view of female. Also as Short-eared Fox.
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Location:USA, IL, Cook Co., Chicago, Lincoln Park ZooDate taken:1 January 1974Description:Side view of female. Also as Short-eared Fox.

Distribution :

Amazonian basin: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (?).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 585

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sclater, P.L. 1883-04. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, September, and October, 1882. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(4):630-631.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679055

Original name as described

Canis microtis

Other common names

Short-eared Fox

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1883.4.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b1ce55f-8d16-41e8-a6b2-e115d4deaabe

Type locality

Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005938

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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: 8 names and synonyms.

Canis microtis

P. L. Sclater, 1883

Family

Canidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1883.4.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

said to have been received from the Amazons

Type locality

Brazil: Pará.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b1ce55f-8d16-41e8-a6b2-e115d4deaabe

Authority page

631

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679055

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Sclater (1883:631, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68973)
Trouessart (1904:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Canis sclateri

J. A. Allen, 1905

Family

Canidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1883.4.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

said to have been received from the Amazons

Type locality

Brazil: Pará.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b1ce55f-8d16-41e8-a6b2-e115d4deaabe

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055848

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Allen (1905:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)

Canis thous sclateri:

von Ihering, 1911

Family

Canidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

Ihering (1911:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

Cerdocyon microtis:

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Canidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818593

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1914:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19922)

Dusicyon microtis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Canidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Atelocynus microtis:

Berta, 1987

Family

Canidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465583

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Berta (1987:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/323)
Wozencraft (1993:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Anderson (1997:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6924/12814890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Atelocynus microtis microtis:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Atelocynus microtis sclateri:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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