Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Belongs to Vulpes according to G. D. Koufos 2022
See also Kurten 1968 and Wang et al. 2008
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 mathisoni, Vulpes montana, Vulpes niloticus, Vulpes odessana, Vulpes pallida, Vulpes pensylvanicus, 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 pallidus, Fennecus zaarensis, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus caama
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nagyharsanyhegy locality 4, which is in the Pleistocene of horizon Hungary
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Hungary (1 collection), Turkey (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Greece (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Moldova (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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