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Map illustrating approximate distribution of Red Foxes in eastern North America south of 



latitude 52. 



Vulpes fulvus (DESMAREST). Type locality Virginia. Description as previously 

 given. 



Vulpes regalis MERRIAM. (Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, 1900, p. 672.) Type locality 

 Elk River, Sherburn Co., Minnesota. Size large; color golden yellow, shading 

 to whitish yellow on the face; legs strongly rusty brown or reddish brown. 



Vulpes rubricosa (BANGS). (Science, N. S., VII, 1898, p. 272.) Type locality 

 Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Larger and darker than fulvus; rostrum and teeth 

 larger. 



Vulpes r. bangsi MERRIAM. (Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, 1900, p. 667.) Type local- 

 ity Lance au Loup, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador. "Similar to fulvus, but 

 ears smaller; black of ears and feet more restricted." (Merriam.) 



Vulpes deletrix BANGS. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, 1898, p. 36.) Type locality 

 Bay St. George, Newfoundland. Color very pale, light straw color, varying in 

 places to yellow and buffy. 



