CARN1V0RA: CANIDAE 685 



Vulpes fulva cascadensis Merriamf* 



1900. Vulpes cascadensis Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 2, p. 



665, Dec. 28, 1900. 

 1936. Vulpes fulva cascadensis V. Bailey, Nature Mag., vol. 28, No. 5, p. 317, 



November 1936. 

 Type Locality. — Trout Lake, south base of Mount Adams, Cascade Mountains, 

 Skamania County, Wash. Range. — Cascade Range from southern British Co- 

 lumbia south through Washington into Oregon. 



Vulpes fulva necator Merriamf* 



1900. Vulpes necator Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 2, p. 664, 

 Dec. 28, 1900. 



1930. Vulpes fulva necator Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale, Univ. California 

 Publ. Zool., vol. 35, p. 469, October 1930.— V. Bailey, Nature Mag., vol. 

 28, No. 5, p. 317, November 1936. 



Type Locality. — Whitney Meadow, near Mount Whitney, High Sierra, Tulare 

 County, Calif. Altitude, 9,500 feet. Range. — Chiefly high Sierra Nevada above 

 7.000 foot level; occurs, probably continuously or very nearly so, north from 

 vicinity of Monache Meadows, Tulare County, to Sierra County; also on two 

 mountain masses of which Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta are highest points 

 (Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale, The fur-bearing mammals of California, vol. 2, 

 p. 381, Aug. 10, 1937). 



velox — group (kit foxes) 



Vulpes macrotis macrotis Merriamf* 



1888. Vulpes macrotis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 4, p. 136, 

 Feb. 18, 1888. 



Type Locality. — Riverside, Riverside County, Calif. More exactly, on western 

 margin of San Jacinto Plain in vicinity of Box Springs, within 10 miles south- 

 east of Riverside. Range. — Open, level parts of San Diegan subfaunal dis- 

 trict, from Alessandro, Perris, and San Jacinto Valleys, Riverside County, north- 

 west at one time to San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, Calif. (Grinnell, 

 Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 109, Sept. 26, 1933) . 



Vulpes macrotis arsipus Elliot* 



1904. Vulpes arsipus Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 87, Zool. Ser., vol. 3, 



No. 14 (December 1903), p. 256, Jan. 7, 1904. 

 1913. Vulpes macrotis arsipus Grinnell, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 



vol. 3, p. 287, Aug. 28, 1913. — Benson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 51, 



pp. 19, 22, Feb. 18, 1938. 



1931. Vulpes macrotis arizonensis Goldmanf, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 21, p. 249, June 4, 1931. (Two miles south of Tule Tanks, near Mex- 

 ican boundary, Yuma County, Ariz. For status, see Benson, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Washington, vol. 51, pp. 18-20, Feb. 18, 1938.) 



Type Locality. — Daggett, Mohave Desert, San Bernardino County, Calif. 

 Range. — The Colorado and Mohave Deserts, west to Palm Springs, Riverside 

 County, and Victorville, San Bernardino County, and north at least to vicinity of 

 Oasis, Mono County, in California; southern Nevada; Arizona; and north- 

 western Sonora. 



