Check List 9(6): 1603–1604, 2013 © 2013 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution N Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842): First record for the Atlantic Forest, southern state of ISTRIBUTIO Minas Gerais, Brazil D Fernando Afonso Bonillo Fernandes 1* and Maurício Djalles Costa 2 RAPHIC G EO 1 Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Ecologia, Avenida Prefeito Tuany Toledo, 470. CEP 37550-000. Pouso G N Alegre, MG, Brazil. O 2 Rua João Victor de Freitas, 295. CEP 37550-000. Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil. * Corresponding author. E-mail:
[email protected] OTES N Abstract: Pseudalopex vetulus for Pouso Alegre, southern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This location is outside the known distribution of the species and also outside the domain of the Cerrado biome, which is usually associated with We present the geographic the first distribution record of of P. vetulus. The hoary fox, Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842), is present phytophysiognomies ranging from Campo Sujo to a small canid, whose body size without the tail ranges Cerradao (Figure 2A and 2B). between 0.49m and 0.71m, and whose tail measures Considering all the factors mentioned above, the between 0.25m and 0.38m. Its mass varies between 2.5kg occurrence of the species in this region of southern Minas and 4kg (Sillero-Zubiri 2009). The species is endemic to Gerais was considered unlikely. However, in April 2009, Brazil, occurring in the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso P.