VULPES. 



947. Vulpes velox (Say) 



Canis i'elox Say, in Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., i, 1823, p. 487. 

 Canis cinereo-argentatus Sabine, Frankl. Narr. Journ. Polar Sea, 



1823, p. 658. 

 Cauis microtus Reichenb., Wagn. in Weigm. Archiv, m, 1837; n, 



p. 162. 

 Vulpes velox Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub.', n, IQOI, 



p. 306. Zool. Ser. 

 SWIFT Fox. 



Type locality. Vicinity of Cherry Creek, Laramie County, Wy< >ming. 

 Geogr. Distr. Colorado and Nebraska north to the plains of the 

 Saskatchewan, Assiniboia, Canada. 



n. I'liljH-x rrlo.v /ir/irx Merriam. 



Vulpes velox hebes Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 73. 

 SLUGGISH Fox. 



Type locality. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Like V. velox, but larger and grayer. Skull larger, 

 palate longer; mandible longer, heavier, more bellied under sectorial; 

 coronoid process higher. 



Measurements. Total length, 844 ; tail vertebrae, 312; hind foot, 130. 



948. Vulpes macrotis Merriam. 



Vulpes macrotis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., iv, 1888, p. 135. 

 Klliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, igoi, p. 306. 

 Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 473, figs. 86, LXIII. Zool. Ser. 

 LARGE-EARED KIT Fox. 



Type locality. Riverside, San Bernardino County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Southern California, south to States of Sonora and 

 Chihuahua and Lower California, Mexico. 



a. I'n/fii'ff nnirrulix iii'inn I'.vi i-ii n ii Merriam. 



Vulpes nuicrotis neomexicanus! Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 



1902, p. 74. 

 NEW MKXICAN KIT F<>\. 



/ vpe locality. San Andreas Range (about fifty miles north of 

 El Paso, Texas), Donna Ana County, New Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. New Mexico and Arizona. Range unknown. 



Genl. i 'har. Like I'. in<i<-rtis but larger. Skull heavier, broader; 

 rostrum thicker; (rontals broader; zygomata more spreading; bullae 

 larger, with anteriorly projecting point on inner side; lower ]aw 

 decidedlv heavier ;md more bellied; coronoid process higher. 



