Canid Species Accounts

Introduction to Species Status Accounts

(The species accounts are all taken from the 2004 Canid 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 gymnocercus)
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/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 (Oriental)

Dhole.....(Cuon alpinus)
Indian fox.....(Vulpes bengalensis)

Australia and Oceania (Australasian)

Dingo .....(Canis lupus dingo)

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