UROCYON: 387 



Texas Gray Fox. 



Type locality. San Pedro, near Eagle Pass, Maverick County, 

 Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Texas. 



d. rToeyon cineveo-argenteus californicKS Meams. 



Urocyon cinereo-argenteus calif amicus Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., XX, 1897, p. 459. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 308. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. 



& W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 477. Zool. Ser. 



California Gray Fox. 



Type locality. San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, Cali- 

 fornia. Altitude, 8,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Washington south into Lower California. 



e. Urocyon cinereo-argenteus townsendi (Merriam). 



Urocyon californicus townsendi Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 16, 1899, 



p. 103. 

 Urocyon cinereo-argenteus townsendi Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 



F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 309. Zool. Ser. 

 Townsend's Gray Fox. 



Type locality. Baird, Shasta County, California, 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



/. Urocyon cinereo-argenteus inyoensis Elliot. 



Urocyon cinereo-argenteus inyoensis Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. 

 Mus., Ill, 1904, p. 268. Zool. Ser. 

 Inyo Mountains Gray Fox. 



Type locality. Beveridge Canon, Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, 

 California. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern California. Range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Paler than U. c. californicus; no ochracecus lines; 

 black on lower back only. 



Color. Upper parts, sides, and breast silvery gray, with black 

 streaks on lower part of back; chin and nose above black; sides of 

 neck and bar across lower part of neck buff; fore legs silvery gray 

 above, wood brown on outer side and whitish on inner side; hind 

 legs silvery gray above, drab gray on outer side, and whitish on inner 

 side; under parts white; tail silvery gray slightly tinged in places 

 with buff, and with a black line curving around it; ears brownish 

 mixed with silver white hairs on the outside; inside white; head 

 back of ears buffy. 



Measurements. Total length, 950; tail vertebrae, 385; hind foot, 

 140; ear, 82. Skull: total length, 124; occipito-nasal length, 118; 



