Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: D. E. Savage. 1941. Two New Middle Pliocene Carnivores from Oklahoma with Notes on the Optima Fauna. American Midland Naturalist 25(3):692-710
Belongs to Vulpes according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009
See also Savage 1941 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 praecorsac, Vulpes praeglacialis, Vulpes pusilla, Vulpes riffautae, Vulpes rooki, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sinensis, Vulpes skinneri, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulgaris, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda, Fennecus zaarensis, Fennecus pallidus, Fennecus caama, Fennecus zerda
Type specimen: Its type locality is Optima, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Oklahoma
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (18: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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