206 CANIDiE. 



Canis vulpes iiigTa americana, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 2 (skeleton). 

 Vulpes pennsjdvauica, Grai/, P. Z, S. 18G8, p. 518. 



Hab. Iforth America. 



Var. 1. fulva. "Reddish yellow; back behind grizzly; throat 

 greenish ; a narrow line on the belly white ; ears behind, and tips of 

 caudal hairs, except terminal brush, black." Skulls 173 a, h, c, d. 



Var. 2. decussatus. " Muzzle and underparts, with the legs, black ; 

 tail blacker than in var. 1 ; a dark band between the shoulders, crossed 

 by another over the shoulders." 



Canis decussata, Desm. B.M. 



Canis fulvus decussatus, Rich., Baird. 



Vidpes fulvus decussatus, Aud. ^- Bach. 



Cross Fox. 

 Var. 3. argentata. " Entirely black, except on the posterior 

 part of the back, where the hairs are annulated with grey ; tail-tip 

 white ; " foot-pads often covered with hair. 



Canis argentatus, Shmv. 



Canis fulvus argentatus, Bich., Baircl. 



Vulpes fulvus argentatus, Aud. S,- Bach. 



Renard noir d'Amerique, Blainv. Odeoyr. 1. 12 (skeleton). 



Silver or Black Fox. 



Var. 4. macrura. Larger, varies in colour like the smaller 

 varieties ; foot-pads covered with hair. 



Skulls 1402 a, h. Length 5| inches, width 2|. 



Vulpes macrourus, Baird, in Stansbtiry's Explor. Great Salt Lake, 



p. .309, 1852 ; Mamm. N. A. p. 130. 

 Vulpes Utah, Aud. ^- Bach. Proc. A. N. S. Philad. v. p. 114; N. A. 



Quad. iii. p. 255, t. 151. 

 ? Vidpes fulvus, Pr. Max. Beise, ii. p. 98, 1841. 



Hab. Great Salt Lake. 



17. Vulpes velox. (Burrowing Fox.) B.M. 



Canis velox, Say in Banff's B.vped. i. p. 486, 182-3. 



Vulpes velox, Aud. ^ Bach. N. A. Quad. ii. p. 13, t. 52, 1851 ; S. 



Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 133 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm, 



p. 88 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 519. 

 Burrowing Fox, Leiois & Clarke's Travels, ii. p. 351. 

 Kit-Fox, Leivis c^- Clarke, ibid. 

 Canis cinereo-argentatus, Sabine, Frankliti's Jour. p. 658; Blainv. 



Osteogr. t. 4 (skull). 

 Canis vulpes cmereo-argentatus, Bich. F. B.-A. p. 98, 1827. 

 Vulpes cinereo-argentatus. Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 60 ; Gerrard, 



Cat. of Boms of Mamm. p. 87. 

 Canis microtis (or Kit-Fox), Reichenb. Regne Anim. i. p. 10, f 72, 73. 



Hab. North America, Missouri, burrowing in the earth. 



13. FENNECUS. 

 Ears large, elongate, hairy, spreading. Tail elongate, bushy, 

 covered with soft hairs. Pupil roundish ? 



