| 词条 | Vulpes qiuzhudingi |
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| image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | extinct = yes | genus = Vulpes | species = qiuzhudingi | authority = (Wang et. al., 2014)[1] }} The ancestral Arctic fox Vulpes qiuzhudingi is an extinct species of fox found in the Himalayas.[2] It was primarily carnivorous.[3] The fossils, dating from between 5.08 and 3.60 million years ago, were found in the Zanda Basin and Kunlun Mountains of Tibet.[3] It was named after Qiu Zhuding, a paleontologist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[4] The species is believed to be the ancestor of Vulpes lagopus, the modern Arctic fox, which would support the "Out of Tibet" theory: namely, that a number of current arctic species trace their ancestry to species originally from the Tibetan Plateau.[5] References1. ^{{cite journal |last=Wang |first=Xiaoming |last2=Tseng |first2=Zhijie Jack |last3=Li |first3=Qiang |last4=Takeuchi |first4=Gary T. |last5=Xie |first5=Guangpu |date=11 June 2014 |title=From ‘third pole’ to north pole: a Himalayan origin for the arctic fox |url=http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1787/20140893 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |publisher=Royal Society |volume=281 |issue=1787 |page= 20140893|doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.0893 |accessdate=8 July 2014 |pmid=24920475 |pmc=4071559}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q17343027}}{{Paleo-carnivora-stub}}2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Xiaoming|title=Cenozoic vertebrate evolution and paleoenvironment in Tibetan Plateau: Progress and prospects|journal=Gondwana Research|date=2015|volume=4|issue=27|pages=1335–1354|doi=10.1016/j.gr.2014.10.014}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140610-animals-foxes-tibet-new-species-fossils-science/ |title=An extinct species of "very carnivorous" fox with supersharp teeth once roamed the frigid Tibetan Plateau, a new study says |author=Christine Dell'Amore |date=10 June 2014 |website=National Geographic |accessdate=8 July 2014 }} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/news/origins-of-arctic-fox-traced-back-to-tibet-1.15398#/ref-link-1 |title=Origins of Arctic fox traced back to Tibet |author=Jane Qiu |date=11 June 2014 |website=Nature |accessdate=8 July 2014 }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131678 |title="Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet |date=June 11, 2014 |website=National Science Foundation |accessdate=8 July 2014 }} 5 : Fauna of the Himalayas|Vulpes|Pliocene mammals of Asia|Prehistoric canines|Fossil taxa described in 2014 |
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