Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest 1822)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 582

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scientific name	Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest 1822)
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[Canis] megalotis Desmarest 1822 , Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth., 2 (Suppl.): 538.

Type Locality: "le Cap de Bonne-Espérance" [ South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].

Vernacular Names: Bat-eared Fox.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Otocyon megalotis subsp. megalotis Desmarest 1822

Subspecies Otocyon megalotis subsp. canescens Cabrera 1910

Distribution: Allopatric south and east African populations: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman et al. (1953).