Pseudalopex Burmeister, 1856

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 284

Pseudalopex Burmeister, 1856 . Erläut Fauna Brasiliens, 24, pp. 44 -54.

TYPE SPECIES: Canis magellanicus Gray, 1836 (= Canis culpaeus Molina, 1782 ), by subsequent designation by Cabrera (1931).

COMMENTS: See comments under Dusicyon . Although combining taxa included here with Dusicyon would not be in conflict with Berta (1987, 1988), her analyses suggested that other genera, now extinct, are more closely related to Dusicyon . Berta (1987, 1988) presented derived features that would support a single origin for those taxa recognized here in Pseudalopex (which would also agree with Cabrera, 1958 and Stains, 1975). A detailed comparative morphological study by Langguth (1969) caused him to conclude (1975:193) that Pseudalopex merited generic rank.