VULPES ICHNUS.S: Miller. 



1907. Vulpes ichnusx Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xx, p. 391, 



November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Vul]yes vulpes ichnusie Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 94. 



Type locality. — Sarrabus, Sardinia. 



Geographical distributi on. ^Sebrdinia, and Corsica. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than any of the races of Vtiljyes vulpes; 

 both hind foot and condylobasal length of skull in adult male 

 less than 130 mm., ear from crown 60 to 70 mm. 



Colour. — Face and head dark rufous becoming lighter and 

 more dull on base of ears and on neck, and fading to ochraceous- 

 rufous on shoulders and back ; sides of neck, outer surface of 

 upper arm and region just behind axilla still lighter, a tawny 

 buff, hairs of underfur on back drab grey at base, tawny clay 

 colour at tip ; longer hairs of head, sides, and back (behind 

 shoulders) much speckled by buffy white subterminal areas about 

 5 mm. in length, the extreme tips reddish ; feet and legs 

 ochraceous-rufous, slightly clouded with blackish and a little 

 speckled with buffy white ; tail like back above, the tawny 

 gradually fading out through a buffy grey to the whitish buff 

 tip, the longer hairs except in pencil black tipped (30-40 mm.) ; 

 underparts to front legs buffy whitish tinged with hair-brown, 

 this nearly clear on middle of throat ; rest of underparts a 

 mixture of hair-brown and dull tawny, the latter predominating 

 along sides. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) : hind foot, 123 ; ear from 

 meatus, 70. Adult male and female from the type locality : 

 head and body, 640 and 590 ; tail, 280 and 290 ; hind foot, 

 127 and 125 ; ear from meatus, 74 and 71. Adult female from 

 Siliqua : head and body, 600 ; tail, 350 ; hind foot, 127 : ear, 74. 

 Adult from near St. Florent, Corsica ; hind foot, 123 ; ear from 

 meatus, 73. 



Specimens examined. — Eight, from the following localities : — 

 Corsica : Grotto Campu Consule, near St. Florent, N.W. Corsica, 1 



(Major). 



Sardinia : No exact locality, 1 (Turin) ; Lanusei, 1 ; Sarrabus, 3 (B.M. 



and Genoa) ; Zinnigas Siliqua, 2. 



