Dusicyon australis (Kerr 1792)

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 : 579

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scientific name	Dusicyon australis (Kerr 1792)
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[Canis] australis Kerr 1792 , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 144.

Type Locality: "America and Falkland islands." .

Vernacular Names: Falkland Islands Wolf.

Synonyms: Dusicyon antarcticus (Bechstein 1799) .

Distribution: Falkland Isls.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Placed in Dusicyon by Cabrera (1931) and Berta (1987, 1988), and considered as a subgenus separate from other "foxes" (i.e., culpaeus , griseus , gymnocercus , and sechurae ) by Langguth (1975) and Van Gelder (1978).