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Urocyon Baird, 1857

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Mammals, In Repts. Expl. Surv. vol.8 1 p.121, 138

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Canidae
genus
Urocyon

Name

Homonyms
Urocyon Baird, 1857
Common names
Graufüchse in German
Gray Fox in English
Gray Foxes in English
Gray and Island Foxes in English
Grey Foxes in English
Grysvosse in Afrikaans
Grårever in Norwegian Bokmål
Orta Amerika Tilkimsi Köpekgili in Turkish
Raposas-cinzentas in Portuguese
Urocione in Italian
Urocyon foxes in English
Volpe grigia in Italian
gray fox in English
gray foxes in English
gray foxes in English
gray foxes in English
harmaaketut in Finnish
urocjon in Polish
zorros grises in Spanish
Ουροκύων in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Серые лисицы in Russian
Сірі лисиці in Ukrainian
ثعالب رمادية in Arabic
ハイイロギツネ属 in Japanese
灰狐属 in Chinese
회색여우속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956)
  4. Mamm. N. Amer., 121
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  8. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  9. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  10. Sillero-Zubiri, C. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Canidae (Dogs). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 352-446.
  11. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  12. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  13. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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