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Urocyon clementae sp. now 



Type from San Clemente Island, Santa Barbara Islands. California. 

 No. 92.0R4 $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. 



Geographic distribution. — San Clemente Island, California. 



Characters. — Similar to littoralis, but dusky patch at base of whiskers 

 much blacker and more sharply defined, with a clean white area between 

 it and base of nose-pad, as in santacrusm; throat clearer white; underside 

 of thigh and upperside of hind foot whitish, in some cases nearly pure 

 white. 



Cranial characters. — Skull similar to littoralis, but smaller; nasals 

 more tapering posteriorly and broadest in the middle (instead of con- 

 stricted in the middle); rostrum more slender; frontal spines rather long; 

 anterior ascending arm of jugal very broad; bullas smaller and more in- 

 flated; upper carnassial narrower. JJ. clementce differs from catalince, its 

 neighbor in the southern group, as follows: size smaller.; nasals broader 

 in the middle and more tapering posteriorly; bullae more inflated (especi- 

 ally anteriorly); carnassial and molar teeth smaller. 



Measurements. — Average of 6 specimens: total length G88; tail 250; 

 hind foot in dry skin 100. 



Urocyosn HttoraHs santacruzre subsp. nov.» 



Type from Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Islands, California. No. 

 IyitI 9 acl -> U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. 



Geographic distribution. — Santa Cruz Island, California. 



Characters. — Similar to littoralis, but fulvous areas slightly more ex- 

 tensive and more intense; dusky patch at base of whiskers larger and 

 darker; whitish area on underside of thigh and top of hind foot suffused 

 with buffy fulvous; nasals slender and tapering posteriorly. 



Cranial characters. — Similar to littoralis, but skull slightly smaller; 

 nasals much narrower, slender and tapering (instead of expanded) poste- 

 riorly, and not constricted in the middle; frontal spines long; rostrum 

 narrower; anterior ascending arm of jugal broader; bulla? smaller, more 

 inflated posteriorly, narrower anteriorly; basioccipital narrower; upper 

 carnassial narrower. 



Measurements. — Average of 3 specimens: total length 708; tail 266; 

 hind foot 109. 



