Vulpes Frisch 1775
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Vulpes

description: Vulpes Frisch 1775
Vulpes Frisch 1775, Das Natur-System der Vierfussigen Thiere: 15.
Type Species: Canis vulpes Linnaeus 1758
Synonyms: Alopex Kaup 1829; Cynalopex C. E. H. Smith 1839; Fennecus Desmarest 1804; Leucocyon Gray 1869; Mamvulpesus Herrera 1899; Megalotis Illiger 1811; Vulpis Gray 1821.
Species and subspecies: 12 species with 61 subspecies:
Species Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800
Species Vulpes cana Blanford 1877
Species Vulpes chama A. Smith 1833
Species Vulpes corsac (Linnaeus 1768)
Subspecies Vulpes corsac subsp. corsac Linnaeus 1768
Subspecies Vulpes corsac subsp. kalmykorum Ognev 1935
Species Vulpes ferrilata Hodgson 1842
Species Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. lagopus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. beringensis Merriam 1902
Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. fuliginosus Bechstein 1799
Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. pribilofensis Merriam 1902
Species Vulpes macrotis Merriam 1888
Species Vulpes pallida Cretzschmar 1826
Subspecies Vulpes pallida subsp. pallida Cretzschmar 1826
Subspecies Vulpes pallida subsp. cyrenaica Festa 1921
Subspecies Vulpes pallida subsp. edwardsi Rochebrune 1883
Subspecies Vulpes pallida subsp. harterti Thomas and Hinton 1921
Subspecies Vulpes pallida subsp. oertzeni Matschie 1910
Species Vulpes rueppellii Schinz 1825
Subspecies Vulpes rueppellii subsp. rueppellii Schinz 1825
Subspecies Vulpes rueppellii subsp. caesia Thomas and Hinton 1921
Subspecies Vulpes rueppellii subsp. cyrenaica Festa 1921
Subspecies Vulpes rueppellii subsp. sabaea Pocock 1934
Subspecies Vulpes rueppellii subsp. zarudnyi Birula 1913
Species Vulpes velox Say 1823
Species Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. vulpes Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. abietorum Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. alascensis Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. alpherakyi Satunin 1906
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. anatolica Thomas 1920
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. arabica Thomas 1902
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. atlantica Wagner 1841
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. bangsi Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. barbara Shaw 1800
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. beringiana Middendorff 1875
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. cascadensis Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. caucasica Dinnik 1914
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. crucigera Bechstein 1789
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. daurica Ognev 1931
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. deletrix Bangs 1898
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. dolichocrania Ognev 1926
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. dorsalis J. E. Gray 1838
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. flavescens J. E. Gray 1843
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. fulvus Desmarest 1820
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. griffithi Blyth 1854
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. harrimani Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. hoole Swinhoe 1870
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. ichnusae Miller 1907
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. indutus Miller 1907
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. jakutensis Ognev 1923
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. japonica J. E. Gray 1868
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. karagan Erxleben 1777
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. kenaiensis Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. kurdistanica Satunin 1906
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. macroura Baird 1852
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. montana Pearson 1836
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. necator Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. niloticus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. ochroxantha Ognev 1926
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. palaestina Thomas 1920
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. peculiosa Kishida 1924
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. pusilla Blyth 1854
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. regalis Merriam 1900
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. rubricosa Bangs 1898
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. schrenckii Kishida 1924
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. silacea Miller 1907
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. splendidissima Kishida 1924
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. stepensis Brauner 1914
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. tobolica Ognev 1926
Subspecies Vulpes vulpes subsp. tschiliensis Matschie 1907
Species Vulpes zerda Zimmermann 1780
Discussion: Although Frisch (1775) has been ruled a rejected work for nomenclatural purposes, Vulpes has been retained (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1979). Considered a subgenus of Canis by Van Gelder (1978); however, this arrangement is not currently employed by most mammalogists (Corbet, 1978; Corbet and Hill, 1980; Gromov and Baranova, 1981; Hall, 1981; Wozencraft, 1989). McKenna and Bell (1997) included Fennecus and Alopex as congeneric taxa (followed here). Bobrinskii et al. (1965), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) placed Alopex as a subgenus of Vulpes; Van Gelder (1978) considered it a subgenus of Canis. Wayne et al. (1987), Wayne and O’Brien (1987), and Mercure et al. (1993) argued for the inclusion of Alopex with other Vulpes. Synonyms allocated after McKenna and Bell (1997).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 583, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519