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Urocyon
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Gray Fox

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Genus:Urocyon
Baird, 1857
Species


Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Urocyon littoralis


The genus Urocyon is a genus contains two (possibly three) Western Hemisphere foxes in the family Canidae, the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the closely-related Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis). They are, excluding the Raccoon Dog, the only canids able to climb trees. Urocyon is one of the oldest fox genera still in existence. A third species, apparently close to extinction or even already extinct, is (or was until recently) found on the island of Cozumel, Mexico (Cuarón et al., 2004).The Cozumel Fox, which has not been scientifically described to date, is a dwarf form like the Island Fox but a bit larger, being up to three-quarters the size of the Grey Fox (Gompper et al., 2006).

References

  • Cuarón, Alfredo D.; Martinez-Morales, Miguel Angel; McFadden, Katherine W.; Valenzuela, David; & Gompper, Matthew E. (2004): The status of dwarf carnivores on Cozumel Island, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 317–331. PDF fulltext
  • Gompper, M. E.; Petrites, A. E. & Lyman, R. L. (2006): Cozumel Island fox (Urocyon sp.) dwarfism and possible divergence history based on subfossil bones. J. Zool. 270(1): 72–77. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00119.x (HTML abstract)
U. cinereoargenteus

Binomial name
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(Schreber, 1775)

Gray Fox range


The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Carnivora
Bowdich, 1821

Families
  • 17, See classification

The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: /kɑrˈnɪvərə/
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Canidae
G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Genera
  • Alopex
  • Atelocynus
  • Canis
  • Cerdocyon
  • Chrysocyon
  • Cuon
  • Cynotherium †
  • Dusicyon †
  • Dasycyon

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U. cinereoargenteus

Binomial name
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(Schreber, 1775)

Gray Fox range


The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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U. littoralis

Binomial name
Urocyon littoralis
(Baird, 1857)

Range map


The Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Canidae
G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Genera
  • Alopex
  • Atelocynus
  • Canis
  • Cerdocyon
  • Chrysocyon
  • Cuon
  • Cynotherium †
  • Dusicyon †
  • Dasycyon

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U. cinereoargenteus

Binomial name
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(Schreber, 1775)

Gray Fox range


The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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U. littoralis

Binomial name
Urocyon littoralis
(Baird, 1857)

Range map


The Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis
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Nyctereutes
Temminck, 1839

Species: N. procyonoides

Binomial name
Nyctereutes procyonoides
(Gray, 1834)

The Raccoon Dog (
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Geography
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Location Caribbean Sea
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Anthem
Himno Nacional Mexicano


Capital
(and largest city) Mexico City

Official languages Spanish (
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Urocyon sp.
(undescribed new species)

The Cozumel Fox (Urocyon sp.) is an unnamed species of fox which is apparently close to extinction or even already extinct, is (or was until recently) found on the island of
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Insular dwarfism is the process and condition of the reduction in size of large animals - almost always mammals - when their gene pool is limited to a very small environment, primarily islands.
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