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  Falkland Island fox - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Falkland Island Fox (Dusicyon australis, formerly named Canis antarcticus), also known as the Warrah and occasionally as the Falkland Island Wolf or Antarctic Wolf and by Argentine writers as the Malvinas Zorro, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands.
This endemic canid became extinct in 1876, the only known canid to have gone extinct in historical times.
Its most closely related species in the genus Dusicyon of southern-hemisphere foxes is Dusicyon griseus, the culpeo or Patagonian fox.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dusicyon   (451 words)

  
 Recently Extinct Animals - Species Info - Falkland Islands Wolf
Its current scientific name is Dusicyon australis, meaning foolish dog of the south, alluding to its lack of fear of man.
Dusicyon australis australis (Kerr, 1792), and Dusicyon australis darwinii (Thomas, 1914).
In 1914, Oldfield Thomas moved it into the genus Dusicyon, with the culpeo (Dusicyon culpaeus is nowadays seen as a synonym of Pseudalopex culpaeus) and South American foxes.
www.petermaas.nl /extinct/speciesinfo/falklandwolf.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Falkland Island Fox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Falkland Island Fox (Dusicyon australis) also known as the Warrah and occasionally as the Falkland Island Wolf or Antarctic Wolf was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands.
It was the only species in the genus Dusicyon.
The fur of the Falkland Island Fox a tawny colour.
www.freeglossary.com /Dusicyon_australis   (458 words)

  
 Dusicyon - MavicaNET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ëèñèöà îáûêíîâåííàÿ - Vulpes vulpes. Ëèñèöà ìàëàÿ, êîðîòêîóõàÿ - Dusicyon microtis. Ëèñèöà áîëüøåóõàÿ - Otocyon megalotis. Ëèñèöà þæíîàôðèêàíñêàÿ - Vulpes chama. Ëèñèöà àôðèêàíñêàÿ - Vulpes pallida. Ëèñèöà ïåñ÷àíàÿ. Ëèñèöà ñåðàÿ - Urocyon cinereoargenteus. Ôåíåê. Ìàéêîíã þæíîàìåðèêàíñêèé - Dusicyon thous. Êîðñàê - Vulpes corsac. Êîðñàê àìåðèêàíñêèé - Vulpes velox.
The exceptionally wide range of color and the considerable differences in physical size and proportions of the Dusicyon culpaeus have previously misled zoologists to describe many species and subspecies.
This file contains a systematic overview of Dusicyon, featuring links to books, other pages on the web about Dusicyon, pictures etc. Common names in different languages may be also available as well as a short dutch description to the taxon.
www.mavicanet.com /directory/spa/28090.html   (281 words)

  
 Australis, - Phragmites australis (Common Reed)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Center of R Coronae Australis star-forming region, with As catalogued and defined in Thé et al (1994), R Coronae Australis is defined as a "Herbig
Justification, Dusicyon australis was endemic to the Falkland Islands.
As Corona Australis is located at the edge of the Milky Way it is still an interesting constellation for observations although it is so small.
aliveinfo.com /?q=australis   (424 words)

  
 Dogs in the Encyclopedia
One bush dog in captivity acted much like a domestic dog except that it could dive and even swim under water.
The Falkland Island dog, Dusicyon australis, now extinct, was reportedly an unwary and curious animal, which followed early explorers through these islands off the southern coast of Argentina.
When the islands were settled, the dogs were killed for fur or to protect sheep herds, and by 1876 they had been exterminated.For further information on this topic, see ~BIBLIO.
www.geocities.com /Petsburgh/Zoo/1224/encyclopedia2.html   (1251 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The third species of wolf is the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) which lives in Africa and Ethiopia which has previously been classified as a jackal until DNA research proved it to be a true wolf.
Neither the maned wolf (Chrysocoyn brachyurus), nor the Falkland Island wolf (Dusicyon australis) are true wolves and the names are misnomers.
The gray wolf, commonly referred to as tundra wolf or timber wolf, is the largest of all wild canids, although its size varies noticeably throughout its large range including Minnesota, Michigan and Montana in the United States and many remote areas of Canada, Alaska and Europe.
home.globalcrossing.net /~brendel/wolf.html   (1984 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Dusicyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
as a consequence, the task of clarifying the relationship within the genus Dusicyon as been complicated to the present day.
Dusicyon gymnocercus - graxaim / zorro de campo.
It is reported to favour open habitats, but in Patagonia it is apparently more an animal of wooded areas, its place in the open plains being taken by Dusicyon griseus.
www.mavicanet.com /lite/nor/28090.html   (270 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain -- Falkland Island Wolf (Dusicyon australis) facts and pictures
Lioncrusher's Domain -- Falkland Island Wolf (Dusicyon australis) facts and pictures
Nothing is known about the warrahs reproductive or social behavior.
It is interesting to know that their genus name, Dusicyon, means "Foolish dog" in Greek ("Dusi" = foolish, "cyon" = dog).
www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=16   (451 words)

  
 Dog's Best Friend
Along with the North American gray wolf, it is also progenitor to the Eskimo dogs and many Native American dogs, with an assist in some cases from animals crossing the Bering land bridge with migrating people.
The one apparent exception to this rule of wolf origin, which nonetheless proves that domestication was a process occurring around the world, is the Falkland wolf (Dusicyon australis).
In The Voyage of the Beagle (1839), Charles Darwin described Falkland wolves as so fearless and tame that they would invade campsites at night and steal meat from under the heads of sleeping shepherds and sealers.
partners.nytimes.com /books/first/d/derr-dog.html   (5670 words)

  
 dusicyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Related phrases: dusicyon australis genus dusicyon dusicyon culpaeus dusicyon cancrivorus
Le genre ne comprend qu'une espce :* Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792) - renard du dsert austral
A raposa das Falkland ou warrah (Dusicyon australis) um candeo extinto no sculo XIX.
dict.vocamania.com /dusicyon.aspx   (175 words)

  
 The BoomerWolf Page - What are not wolves?
Andean Wolf - This animal is properly called: Dasycyon Bagenbecki and is also a South American wild dog.
Falkland Wolf - This animal is properly called: Dusicyon Australis and is also a South American wild dog.
Well, it was short and sweet and were done.
www.boomerwolf.com /notwolves.htm   (206 words)

  
 Canids - Family Canidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Azara's Fox or Azara's Zorro - Pseudalopex gymnocercus or Dusicyon gymnocercus
Sechuran Zorro - Pseudalopex sechurae or Dusicyon sechurae
South American Grey Fox or Grey Zorro - Pseudalopex griseus or Dusicyon griseus
www.animalomnibus.com /dogs.htm   (323 words)

  
 Mammals: Canidae
Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman, 1851 - Red wolf
Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792) - Falkland Island Wolf
Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) - African wild Dog
www.phthiraptera.org /Mammals/Canidae.html   (88 words)

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