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Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest, 1822)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Mammalogie, In Encyclop. Meth. vol.2(Suppl.) p.538

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Canidae
genus
Otocyon
species
Otocyon megalotis

Name

Synonyms
Canis megalotis Desmarest, 1822
Homonyms
Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest, 1822)
Common names
Bat-eared Fox in English
Bat-eared Fox in English
Bat-eared Fox in English
Bat-eared Fox in English
Bat-eared Fox in English
Bat-eared fox in English
Big-eared Fox in English
Big-eared Fox in English
Loffelhund in German
Otocyon in French
Zorro orejudo in language.
bat-eared fox in English
Bat-eared Fox in English
Bakoorjakkals in Afrikaans
Bakoorvos in Afrikaans
Draaijakkals in Afrikaans
Löffelhund in German
l 'Otocyon in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  2. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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