15. FROCYON. 209 



Isatis grin, F. Cuv. Mniiun. Lithog. 



Viilpes fiiliginosus, GcrranI, Cat. of Bones of Mnmm. p. 88. 



Viilpt>3 laffopus (Arctic Fox), Aud. lij- Bach. N. A. Quad. iii. t. 122 ; 



Baird, Manmi. N. A. p. 137. 

 Canis isatis, Gmelin, Nov. Com. Petrop. v. p. 358. 



ITab. Arctic region : Newfoiiiiclland (^Mf^w^von). 



Var. smaller? Pessez or Golubri. 



Cauis isatis, Gmelin, Nov. Com. Petrop. v. p. 358 ; Thienem. 



Ciinis lagopus, Pallas, Zoor/r. R.-Asiat. i. p. 51, t. 5 ; Tiles. N. Act. 



Nut. Cur. xi. p. 375, t. 47. 

 Canis isatis, Gmelin, Nov. Com. v. p. 358 ; Baffon, H. N. xiii. p. 372 



(part.). 



Uab. North Asia. 



E. Bristlk-tailkd Foxes. Tail elongate, covered toith soft elongated hair 

 and with a central concealed crest of stiffs hairs unmixed toith soft 

 fur. SkuU — temporal muscles separated !»/ a wide jiat crown, narroto 

 at the occiput.— Gniy, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 521. 



15. UROCYON. 



Muzzle short. Temporal crests of the skull always widely sepa- 

 rated. Postorbital process thin, spread out, concave above. A 

 supplementary tnbcrcle on the lower sectorial. The under jaw with 



an angular emargination below. Pupil ? Bulla; of ear-bones 



moderate, ovate, swollen. Upper tubercular grinders large, long and 

 broad. 



Urocyon, Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 121 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1808, p. 521. 



1. Urocyon virg^anus. (Grey Fox.) B.M. 



Canis virginianus, Hr.vl. S. A. p. 507, 1777 (from Cateshy). 



Canis viilpes virginianus. Rich. F. B. A. i. p. 90, 1827. 



Vulpes \arginianus, Dekay, N. Y. Zool. i. p. 45, t. 7. f. 2, 1842 ; Aud. 



^ Bach. N. A. Quad. i. p. 162, t. 21. 

 Canis cinereo-argenteus, Erxl. S, A. p. 576, 1777 ; Schreber, Siiugeth. 



p. 360, t. 92, 1778. 

 Canis griseus, Bodd. Flench. Anim. i. p. 97, 1784. 

 Urocyon virginianus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 522. 

 Grey Fox, Catesby, Carol, ii. p. 78, t. 78, 1731 ; Pennant. 

 Corsak Fox, Penn. Quad. p. 235, 1781 (not Linn.). 

 Vulpes (Urocj-on ) virginianus, 6'. Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. l.'}8. 

 Fulvous-necked Fox, Shaw. 

 Renard tricolore, Cuv. R. A. i. p. 155. 



Hab. North America. Skulls 179 a, b, c, d, e, female adult. 



2. Urocyon littoralis. (Coast-Fox, or Short-tailed Fox.) 



Tail one-third the length of the body, with a concealed mane of 

 stiff hairs and with a l>lack stripe above. Fur above liairy and 



