Dusicyon gymnocercus (G. Fischer, 1814)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 246-247

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scientific name	Dusicyon gymnocercus (G. Fischer, 1814)
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Dusicyon gymnocercus (G. Fischer, 1814) . Zoognosia, 3: 178.

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, vicinity of Asuncion .

DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, north of Rio Negro; Paraguay; Uruguay; S. Brazil; E. Bolivia.

COMMENT: Subgenus Dusicyon or Pseudalopex ; see Cabrera, 1958:234; Van Gelder, 1978:7. Pseudalopex has been considered a synonym of Dusicyon by Cabrera, 1958;229; and Clutton-Brock et al., 1976, 29(3): 166; a subgenus of Dusicyon by Langguth, 1969, Z. Wiss. Zool., 179: 176; a subgenus of Canis by Langguth, 1975:193; and Van Gelder, 1978:7. Includes culpaeolus (part) and inca (part), mismatched skin and skull; see Langguth, 1967, Neotropica, 13:21-38. AL considers inca a synonym of culpaeus . Type locality restricted by Cabrera, 1958:235.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001007003001.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Canidae
Genus	Dusicyon