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CARNIVORA 



FtG. 65. 

 Incisors and canines from finnt, of fVon'-v (a), Alopex (i), and Vulpes (c). 



VULPES VULPES Linnjeus. 



(Synonymy under subspecies.) 



Ty2je loralHii. — TTpsala, Sweden. 



GeograpMcul distrihufion. — Europe from the Arctic coast to 

 the Mediterranean, and from Ireland eastward into Asia. 



Diar/nosis. — Size large: hind foot, in adult male 135 to 165 

 mm.; condylobasal length of skull in adult male 135 to 165 mm., 

 in adult female 127 to 155 mm. 



External characters. — Form more slender and legs relatively 

 shorter than in Canis ; muzzle long and pointed ; ear high, 

 pointed, rising conspicuously above surrounding fur ; tail long, 



