Vulpes kernensis Tedford et al. 2009 (fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218

Belongs to Vulpes according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes angustidens, Vulpes beihaiensis, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes chama, Vulpes chikushanensis, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes flavescens, Vulpes galaticus, Vulpes griffithi, Vulpes hassani, Vulpes japonica, Vulpes karagan, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes mathisoni, Vulpes montana, Vulpes niloticus, Vulpes odessana, Vulpes pallida, Vulpes pensylvanicus, Vulpes praecorsac, Vulpes praeglacialis, Vulpes pusilla, Vulpes riffautae, Vulpes rooki, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sinensis, Vulpes skinneri, Vulpes stenognathus, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulgaris, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus caama, Fennecus zaarensis, Fennecus pallidus

Type specimen: LACM 55215, a maxilla. Its type locality is Kern River, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Kern River Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kern River

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