FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Nova Scotia Red Fox. — Vulpes ruhricosa ruhricosa (Bangs). 

 "Size rather large; color deepest and darkest of all the red 

 foxes; tail large, very broad and bushy, and deep fulvous." 

 (Merriam) Upperparts rich dark fulvous; feet black but 

 not as extensively so as in fulva. Total length, females, 

 43 inches; tail vertebrae, i6 inches; hind foot, 6.6 inches. 

 Found in "Nova Scotia — ^limits unknown." (Merriam) 



Labrador Red Fox. — Vulpes ruhricosa bangsi Merriam. 



"Similar externally to fulva but ears smaller; black of ears 

 and feet more restricted." Found in "Labrador — limits 

 unknown." (Merriam) 



Newfoundland Red Fox. — Vulpes deletrix Bangs. 



"Color very pale — light straw yellow, deepening in places 

 to golden yellow or even buffy fulvous; black of feet re- 

 stricted; tail pale buffy yellowish with usual admixture of 

 black hairs, but without black basal spot. Hind feet and 

 claws very large." (Merriam) Total length, females, 

 38.4 inches; tail vertebras, 13.5 inches; hind foot, 6.5 

 inches. Found in Newfoundland. 



Alaska Red Fox. — Vulpes alascensis alascensis Merriam. 

 "A large long-tailed red fox closely related to V. vulpes of 

 Scandinavia and Siberia, and also to ruhricosa and hangsi 

 of Nova Scotia and Labrador. Color golden fulvous; tail 

 very long; ears small ; black of feet greatly restricted ; pelage 

 of neck and anterior part of back long and full, almost form- 

 ing a ruff; pelage of posterior part of back and rump shorter 

 and coarser." Found in "Northern Alaska — limits un- 

 known." (Merriam) 



British Columbia Red Fox. — Vulpes alascensis abietorum Mer- 

 riam. 

 Similar to typical alascensis but differing in longer and more 

 slender skull. Found in "Interior of British Columbia and 

 probably southeastern Alaska." (Merriam) 



Kenia Red Fox. — Vulpes kenaiensis Merriam. 



vSize large; external characters unknown. Found in "Kenai 

 Peninsula; limits of range unknown." (Merriam) 



Kodiak Red Fox. — Vulpes harrimani Merriam. 



"Size large; tail enormous, constricted at base, largest on 

 basal fourth and tapering thence to tip ; pelage coarse, wolf- 

 like on tail and posterior half of back; hairs of neck and 

 shoulders greatly elongated, forming a conspicuous ruff; 

 those of posterior half of back abruptly much shorter and 

 conspicuously grizzled." (Merriam) Upperparts yellow- 

 ish fulvous, brightest on anterior half of back, grizzled on 

 head and rump; underparts buffy with grayish buffy on 

 chin, throat, and inguinal region; ears black. Total length, 

 males, 52 inches; tail vertebrae, 18 inches. Found on 

 Kodiak Island, Alaska. 



Northern Plains Red Fox. — Vulpes regalis IVIerriam. 



"Size largest; ears very large and broad; tail very long but 

 diameter less than in ruhricosa; sexual difference in size 



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