Talk:Tibetan fox

Updating taxonomy
I will be updating the Canidae taxonomy and common names to match Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005) as follows:


 * Family Canidae
 * Genus Vulpes
 * Vulpes lagopus - Arctic Fox (4 subspecies)
 * Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox
 * Vulpes pallida - Pale Fox (5 subspecies)
 * Vulpes bengalensis - Bengal Fox
 * Vulpes cana - Blanford's Fox
 * Vulpes chama - Cape Fox
 * Vulpes corsac Corsac Fox (2 subspecies)
 * Vulpes ferrilata - move Tibetan Fox to Tibetan Sand Fox (includes ekloni)
 * Vulpes rueppellii - Rüppell's Fox (5 subspecies)
 * Vulpes velox - Swift Fox (includes hebes)
 * Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox (45 subspecies)
 * Vulpes zerda - move Fennec to Fennec Fox
 * Genus Atelocynus
 * Atelocynus microtis - Short-eared Dog
 * Genus Canis
 * Canis adustus - Side-striped Jackal (6 subspecies)
 * Canis aureus - Golden Jackal (13 subspecies)
 * Canis latrans - Coyote (19 subspecies)
 * Canis lupus - Grey Wolf - (37 subspecies, including dingo, familiaris and lycaon)
 * Canis mesomelas - Black-backed Jackal (2 subspecies)
 * Canis simensis - Ethiopian Wolf (2 subspecies)
 * Genus Cerdocyon
 * Cerdocyon thous - Crab-eating Fox (6 subspecies)
 * Genus Chrysocyon
 * Chrysocyon brachyurus - Maned Wolf
 * Genus Cuon
 * Cuon alpinus - Dhole (3 subspecies)
 * Genus Dusicyon
 * Dusicyon australis - Falkland Islands Wolf
 * Genus Lycalopex
 * Lycalopex culpaeus - Culpeo (6 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
 * Lycalopex fulvipes - Darwin's Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
 * Lycalopex griseus - South American Gray Fox new article
 * Lycalopex gymnocercus - Pampas Fox (5 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
 * Lycalopex sechurae - Sechuran Fox new article
 * Lycalopex vetulus - Hoary Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
 * Genus Lycaon
 * Lycaon pictus - African Wild Dog (5 subspecies)
 * Genus Nyctereutes
 * Nyctereutes procyonoides - Raccoon Dog (5 subspecies)
 * Genus Otocyon
 * Otocyon megalotis - Bat-eared Fox (2 subspecies)
 * Genus Speothos
 * Speothos venaticus - Bush Dog (3 subspecies)
 * Genus Urocyon
 * Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox (16 subspecies)
 * Urocyon littoralis - Island Fox (6 subspecies)

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Photo
This is nature's strangest-looking canid, yet there is no photograph currently on the page demonstrating this. As shown here. — Muckapedia (talk) 14 e mai 2013 8h59 (−4h)

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Photo again
This article really needs a photograph of this highly distinctive animal, can anyone provide? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:543:C001:FE13:B904:6BD1:6C35:C316 (talk) 03:35, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Common name
Hi, User:William Harris: as is evident by the referenced sources, most authors referred to it with the common name Tibetan fox, except Pocock (1941). I therefore suggest moving the page to Tibetan fox. What do you think? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 11:41, 19 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello BhagyaMani, I fully concur with you. I do not believe that one reference using this name nearly 80 years ago is valid as a "commoname" today. Wozencraft also refers to it as "Tibetan sand fox" on page 584 of MSW3, however he was following on from Pocock. Google Books shows the two forms are used equally, I prefer the simplicity of the name "Tibetan fox".  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 11:49, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Then I think we can also delete the 2nd paragraph after the move, and replace it by some more meaningful info, e.g. summarising content provided in the other sections. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 11:54, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 11:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I tried moving, but the page named 'Tibetan fox' already exists. So it will be necessary to use Requested moves to ask for the page to be moved. Do you want to do that? Or shall we wait a day or so for others to comment? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 12:00, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I was just about to say the same thing you posted first. I will propose a move below.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 12:02, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Move Tibetan sand fox→Tibetan fox
Hello, please see the conversation in the section directly above. We propose moving "Tibetan sand fox" to simply "Tibetan fox", and seek other editors views over the next 7 days.  William Harris talk  12:04, 19 June 2020 (UTC) + BhagyaMani (talk) 12:05, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Clearly the most widely used name and no ambiguity. Seems the page was originally Tibetan fox and got moved for consistency with MSW3 (see top of talk page). —  Jts1882 &#124; talk 12:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Technical move now complete.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 02:19, 28 June 2020 (UTC)