Canis simensis

Rüppell, 1840

Ethiopian Wolf

Side view, walking in field. Also as Simien Fox, Simien Jackal, Abyssinian Wolf, Abyssinian Red Fox.
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Location:Ethiopia, Oromia region, Bale Mountains National ParkDate taken:UnknownDescription:Side view, walking in field. Also as Simien Fox, Simien Jackal, Abyssinian Wolf, Abyssinian Red Fox.

Distribution :

C Ethiopia.

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rüppell, E. 1840. Lieferung 13. Pp. 37–40 in Rüppell, E. 1835-1840. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Säugethiere. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, 40 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140021

Original name as described

Canis simensis

Other common names

Simien Fox · Simien Jackal · Abyssinian Wolf · Abyssinian Red Fox

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39184, SMF 97

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39184

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005946

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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: 13 names and synonyms.

Canis simensis

Rüppell, 1840

Family

Canidae

Root name

simensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39184, SMF 97

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

in den Bergen von Simen

Type locality

Ethiopia: 13°15′N, 38°E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39184

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140021

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

de Winton (1899:534, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14084)
Trouessart (1904:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lydekker (1908:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
Coetzee (1971:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3748/10051312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Canis sinus:

P. Gervais, 1855

Family

Canidae

Root name

sinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Paris

Canis semiensis:

von Heuglin, 1862

Family

Canidae

Root name

semiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

variant

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Petermann's Mittheilungen

Name usages

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

Canis walgé

von Heuglin, 1862

Family

Canidae

Root name

walge

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Ethiopia: 13°28′N, 38°30′E.

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Petermann's Mittheilungen

Canis walgié:

von Heuglin, 1862

Family

Canidae

Root name

walgie

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

variant

Authority page

428

Authority publication

Petermann's Mittheilungen

Name usages

Heuglin (1863:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67102)

Vulpes Walke:

von Heuglin in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Family

Canidae

Root name

walke

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447063

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Simenia simensis:

J. E. Gray, 1869

Family

Canidae

Root name

simensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397111

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1869:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Gray (1869:506, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37819)
Rochebrune (1883:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Hilzheimer (1906:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57592650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69336)
Allen (1939:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Vulpes crinensis

von Erlanger & O. R. Neumann, 1900

Family

Canidae

Root name

crinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

486

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Erkunde

Name usages

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

Canis (Simenia) simensis citernii

De Beaux, 1922

Family

Canidae

Root name

citernii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Ethiopia: 7°25′N, 39°19′E.

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57807472

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Simenia simensis citernii:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Canidae

Root name

citernii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781994

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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