GRAY FOX 



foot, 5.5 inches. Found in the upper Mississippi Valley 

 from Wisconsin south; limits of range unknown. 



Arizona Gray Fox. — Urocyon cinereoargenteus scotti (Meams). 

 Ears and tail longer than in typical cinereoargenteus, form 

 more slender, color grayer and with more yellowish fulvous. 

 Total length, 39 inches; tail vertebra?, 16 inches; hind foot, 

 5.3 inches. Found from the western half of Texas and 

 western New Mexico west through Arizona and southern 

 California, north as far as Inyo County. 



Urocyon cinereoargenteus texensis Mearns = U. c. scotti 



Urocyon ^ cinereoargenteus inyoensis Elliot = U. c. scotti 



California Gray Fox. — Urocyon cinereoargenteus calif amicus 

 Mearns. 

 Smaller than typical cinereoargenteus, ears and tail rela- 

 tively longer. Upperparts grizzled gray mixed with black 

 and general pattern very much as in cinereoargenteus. Total 

 length, 38 inches; tail vertebrae, 15 inches; hind foot, 5.2 

 mches. Found in central and southern California in Upper 

 Sonoran and Transition Zones, exclusive of humid coast 

 belt and eastern desert tracts. 



Redwood Gray Fox. — Urocyon cinereoarge^iteus sequoiensis 

 (Dixon). 

 With more rufous on sides of head, neck, belly, and feet 

 than m calif ornicus. Total length, 39 inches; tail verte- 

 brae, 16 mches; hind foot, 5.4 inches. Found in the humid 

 coast belt of California from Lake County south to Mon- 

 terey Bay. 



Townsend Gray Fox. — Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi 

 (Merriam). 

 Large in size; ears smaller than in calif ornicus and with more 

 mtense fulvous tints, but not so intense as in sequoiensis. 

 Total length, 42 inches; tail vertebrae, 17 inches; hind foot, 

 5.8 mches. Found in northern California from the Mount 

 Shasta region to the interior of Humboldt County, in Upper 

 Sonoran and Transition Zones. 



San Miguel Island ¥ox.— Urocyon littoralis littoralis (Baird). 

 Resemblmg californicus in color pattern but much smaller 

 m size. Total length, 29 inches; tail vertebrce, 10 inches- 

 hmd foot, 4.4 inches; weight about 4.5 pounds. Found 

 only on San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara group, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Santa Cruz Island 'Box.— Urocyon littoralis santacruzce 

 Merriam. 

 Brighter in color than typical littoralis and with different 

 skull characters. Total length, 28 inches; tail vertebra 

 10.5 inches; hind foot, 4.3 inches. Found only on Santa 

 Cruz Island, Santa Barbara group, California. 



San Clemente Island Fox.~ Urocyon clementcB Merriam 



Differing from littoralis in smaller skull, more tapering 

 nasals and slender rostrum. Found only on San Clemente 

 island, Santa Barbara group, California. 



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