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I've revised the article to no longer say that Pseudo is Latin (it's Greek), but where does Lopex come from? The -x ending makes me think it's Latin, but I thought the Latin for fox was vulpes. Saforrest 03:16, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)

The Greek for fox is alopex (as in alopecia). --Fulminouscherub 01:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I thought it's "kerdo". Scottishwildcat12 (talk) 05:33, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I want to remark that the term "raposa" is Spanish as well as Portuguese. Hope this link would be of some help: https://dle.rae.es/raposo— Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.156.63.94 (talk) 21:40, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Updating taxonomy

I will be updating the Canidae taxonomy and common names to match Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005) as follows:

- - Family Canidae
    - Genus Vulpes
      - Vulpes lagopus - Arctic Fox (4 subspecies)
      - Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox
      - Vulpes pallida - Pale Fox (5 subspecies)
      - Vulpes bengalensis - Bengal Fox
      - Vulpes cana - Blanford's Fox
      - Vulpes chama - Cape Fox
      - Vulpes corsac Corsac Fox (2 subspecies)
      - Vulpes ferrilata - move Tibetan Fox to Tibetan Sand Fox (includes ekloni)
      - Vulpes rueppellii - Rüppell's Fox (5 subspecies)
      - Vulpes velox - Swift Fox (includes hebes)
      - Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox (45 subspecies)
      - Vulpes zerda - move Fennec to Fennec Fox
    - Genus Atelocynus
      - Atelocynus microtis - Short-eared Dog
    - Genus Canis
      - Canis adustus - Side-striped Jackal (6 subspecies)
      - Canis aureus - Golden Jackal (13 subspecies)
      - Canis latrans - Coyote (19 subspecies)
      - Canis lupus - Grey Wolf - (37 subspecies, including dingo, familiaris and lycaon)
      - Canis mesomelas - Black-backed Jackal (2 subspecies)
      - Canis simensis - Ethiopian Wolf (2 subspecies)
    - Genus Cerdocyon
      - Cerdocyon thous - Crab-eating Fox (6 subspecies)
    - Genus Chrysocyon
      - Chrysocyon brachyurus - Maned Wolf
    - Genus Cuon
      - Cuon alpinus - Dhole (3 subspecies)
    - Genus Dusicyon
      - Dusicyon australis - Falkland Islands Wolf
    - Genus Lycalopex
      - Lycalopex culpaeus - Culpeo (6 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
      - Lycalopex fulvipes - Darwin's Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
      - Lycalopex griseus - South American Gray Fox new article
      - Lycalopex gymnocercus - Pampas Fox (5 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
      - Lycalopex sechurae - Sechuran Fox new article
      - Lycalopex vetulus - Hoary Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
    - Genus Lycaon
      - Lycaon pictus - African Wild Dog (5 subspecies)
    - Genus Nyctereutes
      - Nyctereutes procyonoides - Raccoon Dog (5 subspecies)
    - Genus Otocyon
      - Otocyon megalotis - Bat-eared Fox (2 subspecies)
    - Genus Speothos
      - Speothos venaticus - Bush Dog (3 subspecies)
    - Genus Urocyon
      - Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox (16 subspecies)
      - Urocyon littoralis - Island Fox (6 subspecies)

I will hold off for a few days for comments. Since I'm posting this in multiple places, please contact me on my talk page if you have any concerns. I'll wait a week to give folks time to comment. -

Walker's says "South American Fox" = Pseudalopex, which article says = Lycalopex

http://books.google.com/books?id=0q5aHw2mFi8C&q=%22South+American+Foxes%22#v=snippet&q=%22South%20American%20Foxes%22&f=false calls Pseudalopex "South American Foxes". Let's respect WP:COMMONNAME? Chrisrus (talk) 23:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Phylogeny

This article says "despite their name, they are not true foxes but are a unique canid genus more closely related to the wolves, dogs, jackals and coyotes" whereas the phylogenetic tree in the Canidae article shows these species as closer relatives of the true foxes than of wolves, dogs, jackals or coyotes. Are the relationships disputed (in which case shouldn't both articles say so?) or is one article wrong? 81.101.197.228 (talk) 18:23, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]