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Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs - 2004 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan

South America (Neotropical)

Short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis)

Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)

Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus)

Darwin's fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes)

Chilla (Pseudalopex griseus)

Pampas fox (Pseudalopex gimnocercus)

Sechuran fox (Pseudalopex sechurae)

Hoary fox (Pseudalopex vetulus)

Bush dog (Speothos venaticus)

Central and North America (Nearctic)

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Red wolf (Canis rufus)
Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis)

Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis)

Swift fox (Vulpes velox)

Europe and North and Central Asia (Palearctic)

Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)

Grey wolf (Canis lupus)

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Corsac (Vulpes corsac)

Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata)

Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopian)

Side-striped jackal (Canis adustus)

Golden jackal (Canis aureus)

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)

African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)

Cape fox (Vulpes chama)

North Africa and the Middle East (Ethiopian)

Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana)

Pale fox (Vulpes pallida)

Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii)
Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)

South Asia - south of the Himalayas (Oriental)

Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis)

Australia and Oceania (Australasian)

Dingo (Canis lupus dingo)

Updated: 3 September 2009

Canid News Online - a free on-line, peer-reviewed scientific journal devloted to the rapid dissemination of current research on all species of the Canidae. Our goal is that Canid News Online include high-quality articles that not only convey the excitement of canid biology, but also inform upon conservation problems.

Species Action Plans:

(African Wild Dog Action Plan)

African Wild Dog Action Plan (1997)
- pdf version (12 MB)
- html version (quick!)

Ethiopian Wolf Action Plan(1997)

Occasional Papers & Other Publications:

Abstracts from Workshop on Canid Conservation in the Neotropics, held at the 10th International Mammalogical Conference, Mendoza, Argentina, 10th International Mammalogical Conference, Mendoza, Argentina, 9th – 14th August 2009
IUCN/SSC. 2007. Southern Africa Conservation strategy - cheetah and wild dog IUCN Species Survival Commission: Gland. Switzerland 91pp (2 MB pdf)
Abstracts from CSG's Canid Biology and Conservation Conference Oxford, UK, 17-21 September 2001 (available on-line only)
1st Action Plan for the Conservation of Canids(1990)
Rigg, R. 2001. Livestock Guarding Dogs: Their Current Use World Wide

Other CSG Publications & Publications by CSG members:

Canid Specialist Group 2000-2004 Quarennium Report
(Macdonald, D.W., and C. Sillero-Zubiri. 2004. from Species 42:49-50)

Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids , Macdonald & Sillero-Zubiri (eds.). 2004. 432p. Oxford University Press. This authoritative book on canids describes many aspects of the biology and conservation of wolves, dogs, jackals and foxes with detailed case studies of many species. A must-have book for all scientists studying carnivores, predators, cooperative breeding, and social systems. A useful text for both undergraduate and graduate courses in behavioural ecology and conservation biology. available for purchase from WildCRU (Amazon UK), Amazon (US), and others