472 VULPES. 



Body rather short ; legs short ; tail long, more than half the length 

 of the body; fur soft, hair long; muzzle elongate, tapering; ears mod- 

 erate, erect; nasals not extending back to maxillae; postorbital 

 processes concave above; temporal crests nearly in contact. 



FIG. 86. VULPES MACROTIS. 

 No. 15843 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll. % nat. size 



476. macrotis (Vulpes), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., iv, 1888, 



p. 136. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm.,i9oi, p. 306. 

 BIG-EARED KIT Fox. 



Type locality. Riverside, San Bernardino County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Lower California and States of Chihuahua and 

 Sonora, Mexico, into southern California. 



