Lycalopex griseus (Gray 1837)

[Lycalopex] griseus (Gray 1837), Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 578.

Type Locality: "Magellan", listed in Cabrera (1957) as "Costa del Estrecho de Magallanes " [Chile].

Vernacular Names: South American Gray Fox.

Synonyms: Lycalopex gracilis (Burmeister 1861) .

Distribution: Argentina (Santiago del Estero), Chile, Falkland Isls.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II as Pseudalopex griseus; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. griseus .

Discussion: Placed in Pseudalopex by Berta (1988) and Dusicyon by Cabrera (1957). Considered in Canis (Pseudalopex) by Langguth (1975), and Van Gelder (1978). Placed in Lycalopex gymnocercus by Zunino et al. (1995).