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Urocyon cinereoargenteus  (Schreber, 1775)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180609

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Canis cinereoargenteus Schreber, 1775
  
  Common Name(s): Gray Fox [English]
  
    Zorra gris [Spanish]
  
    Common Gray Fox [English]
  
    renard gris [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyCanidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves  
                                        GenusUrocyon Baird, 1857 – gray foxes  
                                           SpeciesUrocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775) – Gray Fox, Zorra gris, Common Gray Fox, renard gris  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus borealis Merriam, 1903  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus californicus Mearns, 1897  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775)  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus costaricensis Goodwin, 1938  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus floridanus Rhoads, 1895  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus fraterculus Elliot, 1896  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus furvus G. M. Allen and Barbour, 1923  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus guatemalae Miller, 1899  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus madrensis Burt and Hooper, 1941  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus nigrirostris (Lichtenstein, 1850)  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous Bangs, 1899  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus orinomus Goldman, 1938  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus peninsularis Huey, 1928  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus scottii Mearns, 1891  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Merriam, 1899  
                                              Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus venezuelae J. A. Allen, 1911  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Common Gray Fox[English], renard gris [French]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Zorra gris[Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Gray Fox [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Gray Fox [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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