CANIS. 379 



Color. Muzzle, top of head, cans, and legs fulvous; face grizzled 

 grayish fulvous; back grizzled buffy gray and fulvous; under fur 

 pale fulvous. 



Measurements. Total length, 1,220; tail vertebrae, 355; hind 

 foot, 216. 



933. Canis clepticus Elliot. 



Cams clepticus Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., iii, 1903, p. 225. 

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

 IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 467. Zool. Ser. 

 Thievish Coyote. 



Type locality. Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower 

 California, Mexico. Altitude, 9,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California, 

 Mexico. 



934. Canis impavidus Allen. 



Canis impavidus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1903, 

 p. 609. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 468. Zool. Ser. 

 Bold Coyote. 



Type locality. Rio del Bocas, State of Durango, Mexico. Alti- 

 tude, 7,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Durango, Mexico. Range unknown. 



935. Canis microdon Merriam. 



Canis microdon Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 29. 

 Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 

 Pt. II, 1904, p. 469. Zool. Ser. 

 Tamaulipas Coyote. 



Type locality. Mier, on the Rio Grande, State of Tamaulipas, 

 Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Range unknown.  



936. Canis ochropus Eschscholtz. 



Canis ochropus Eschsch., Zool. Atlas, iii, 1829, pp. 1-2, pi. 11, 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 303. 

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



Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 469. Zool, Ser. 



OCHRACEOUS-FOOTED COYOTE. 



Type locality. California. 



Geogr. Distr. San Joaquin Valley, California, south into Lower 

 California, Mexico. 



