Vulpes velox

(Say in James, 1823)

Swift Fox

Two captive pups six weeks old
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Location:Canada, AB, CochraneDate taken:1 January 1974Description:Two captive pups six weeks old

Distribution :

Canada (SE British Columbia, SC Alberta and SW Saskatchewan), USA (C North America to NW Texas panhandle and E New Mexico).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 583

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

James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. I. H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia, 503 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216911

Original name as described

Canis velox

Type locality

River Platte region, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CO, KS, MT, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005976

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: 4 names and synonyms.

Canis velox

Say in James, 1823

Family

Canidae

Root name

velox

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

along the Platte

Type locality

United States: Colorado: Logan County, Colorado.

Authority page

487 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216911

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Godman (1826:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
Lesson (1827:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Sclater (1872:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Canis microtus

Reichenbach, 1834

Family

Canidae

Root name

microta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

North America.

Authority page

10

Authority publication

book

Vulpes velox:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Canidae

Root name

velox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Murray (1866:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1869:206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Gray (1869:519, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37819)
True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
Trouessart (1904:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Bailey (1905:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
Elliot (1905:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)
Anderson (1947:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:249, 250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Heaton (1985:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
Corbet & Hill (1991:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Tedford, Wang & Taylor (2009:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/414)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23059/57629306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vulpes velox hebes

C. H. Merriam, 1902

Family

Canidae

Root name

hebes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:108255

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Type locality

Canada: Alberta: 51°2′44″N, 114°3′27″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b3f4363-1a2c-44f1-b24a-431f3d48cb44

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364905

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1905:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)
Anderson (1947:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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