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A review of canid classification

by: Van Gelder, Richard George, 1928-1994

Publication date: 1978

Topics: Canidae, Classification, Canidae, Fossil, Paleontology, Canidae -- Classification, Paleontology -- Holocene

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 2646

10 p. ; 26 cm

"A review of the varied classifications of Recent members of the family Canidae involving morphological, numerical, and reproductive analyses suggests that the taxonomy should be arranged with six monotypic genera (Chrysocyon, Speothos, Nyctereutes, Cuon, Lycaon, and Otocyon), and one polytypic genus, Canis, with eight subgenera (Canis, Dusicyon, Pseudalopex, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Atelocynus, Vulpes, and Alopex)"--P. [1]

Title from caption

"April 21, 1978."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 9-10)

Abstract: 'A review of the varied classifications of Recent members of the family Canidae involving morphological, numerical, and reproductive analyses suggests that the taxonomy should be arranged with six monotypic genera (Chrysocyon, Speothos, Nyctereutes, Cuon, Lycaon, and Otocyon), and one polytypic genus, Canis, with eight subgenera (Canis, Dusicyon, Pseudalopex, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Atelocynus, Vulpes, and Alopex)'--P. [1].