Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Alopex Kaup 1829 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
lagopus Linnaeus 1758 [species]	Canis
lagopus Linnaeus 1758 [nominotypical subspecies]	Canis

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Eutheria
Order	Carnivora
Suborder	Caniformia
Family	Canidae
Genus	Alopex
Species	*lagopus*
Subspecies	lagopus
Subspecies	spitsbergenensis

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Bogdanowicz, Prof. Dr Wieslaw	group coordinator
Bogdanowicz, Prof. Dr Wieslaw	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)

Author	Year	Title	Source
Mitchell-Jones A. J., Amori G., Bogdanowicz W., Krystufek B., Reijnders P.J.H., Spitzenberger F., Stubbe M., Thissen J.B.M., Vohralik V. & J. Zima	1999	The atlas of European Mammals	Academic Press, London, 484 pp.

Species synonyms:

lagopus Linnaeus 1758 [nominotypical subspecies]

Author	Year	Title	Source
Mitchell-Jones A. J., Amori G., Bogdanowicz W., Krystufek B., Reijnders P.J.H., Spitzenberger F., Stubbe M., Thissen J.B.M., Vohralik V. & J. Zima	1999	The atlas of European Mammals	Academic Press, London, 484 pp.

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