Vulpes mathisoni Geraads et al. 2015 (fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: D. Geraads, M. S. M. Drapeau, R. Bobe and J. G. Fleagle. 2015. Vulpes mathisoni, sp. nov., a new fox from the Pliocene Mursi Formation of southern Ethiopia and its contribution to the origin of African foxes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:e943765

Belongs to Vulpes according to D. Geraads et al. 2015

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 kernensis, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, 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 zaarensis, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus caama, Fennecus pallidus

Type specimen: Kib-188-6, a skull. Its type locality is Cholo, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial horizon in the Mursi Formation of Ethiopia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cholo

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.