Vulpes rueppellii

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Rüppell's Fox

Oblique view of fox sitting. Also as Sand Fox|Rüppell's Sand Fox.
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Location:Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisberg ZooDate taken:Unknown

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1040

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

Schinz, H.R. 1825. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. Vierter Band. Zoophyten. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 793 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523925

Original name as described

Canis Rüppelii

Other common names

Sand Fox · Rüppell's Sand Fox

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4335

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Mauritania · Mali · Algeria · Tunisia · Niger · Libya · Chad · Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Somalia · Egypt · Israel · Palestine? · Jordan · Syria · Iraq · Saudi Arabia · United Arab Emirates · Yemen · Oman · Kuwait · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005975

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: 30 names and synonyms.

Canis famelicus

(Anonymous, 1825)

Family

Canidae

Root name

famelicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

1018

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=UGIsAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1018

Authority publication

Iris

Name usages

Anonymous (1825:1018, https://books.google.com/books?id=UGIsAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68862)

Canis Rüppelii

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Canidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

SMF:MAMM:4335

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

508

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523925

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:508, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)

Canis famelicus

(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Family

Canidae

Root name

famelica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4335

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

15, pl. 5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140548 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140549

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. ff p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  4. Sclater (1872:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  5. Heuglin (1877:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  6. de Winton (1899:546, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14084)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis familicus

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Canidae

Root name

familicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968203

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Canis Sabbar

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1833)

Family

Canidae

Root name

sabbar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

sig. ff p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508427

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. ff p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Megalotis famelicus

(C. H. Smith, 1839)

Family

Canidae

Root name

famelica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521813

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smith (1839:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38430)

Fennecus famelicus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Canidae

Root name

famelica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vulpes famelicus

Loche, 1858

Family

Canidae

Root name

famelica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949448

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Loche (1858:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  2. Loche (1867:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
  3. Trouessart (1904:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Vulpes famelica

de Winton, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

famelica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771369

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

de Winton (1903:283, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65955)

Vulpes (Megalotis) famelicus zarudnyi

Birula, 1913

Family

Canidae

Root name

zarudnyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 8166, ZIN S. 8343

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

270

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

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