ZOOLOGY — MAMMALS. 



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VULPES MACKOURUS, Baird. 



Prairie Fox. 



Vulpes macrourus, Baird, in Stansbury's Exploration Great Salt Lake, (published June, 1852,) 309. — Ib. Gen. Rep. 



Mammals, 1857, 130. 

 Vulpes Utah, AvD. &. Bach., Pr. A. N. Sc. Ph. V, for June 30,1852, (published July, 1852,) 114.— Ib. N. Am. 



Quad. Ill, 1853,255; pi. cli. 

 ? Vulpes fulvus, Maxim. Reise, II, 1841, 98. 

 Sp. Ch. — In size, length of fur and tail, exceeding the Vulpes fulvus. Tail vertebriE, usually 18 inches in length ; breadth 

 between lateral hairs eight to nine inches. Colors of the light variety , similar to those of the red fox, but yellower, and with more 

 white beneath. 



Specimens were collected at Fort Dalles, 0. T. (40, 43, 56,) and at Fort Boise (25). 



Dimensions o/'43. — Male. 



From snout to insertion of tail 



tail to end of vertebrse of tail 



same to end of hair 



Lengtii of ear (posteriorly) 



From root of ear, anteriorly, to tip of nose 

 Full stretch 



Iiaches. 



lines. 



VULPES MACROURUS? var. DECUSSATUS. 



Oregon Cross Fox. 



Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 127. 

 Sr] Cii. — Legs and boUy black. Above, grayish, with dusky cross on shoulders. 



Specimens were collected at Fort Dalles, 0. T., January 1855, (57, 58.) 



VULPES MACROURUS? Var. CINEREO-ARGENTATUS. 



Black or Silver Gray Fox. 



Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 128. 

 Sp. On. — Black ; the hairs on the hind part of the back with silvery tins. 



Two specimens collected at Fort Dalles in 1855, (41, 67.) 



VULPES (UROCYON) VIRGINIANUS. 



Gray Fox. 



Canis virginianus, Erxleeen, Systema Bcgni-Animalis, 1777, 567 (from Catesby). 

 Vulpts virginianvs, Acd. & Bach. N. A. Quad. I, 184D, 162 ; pi. xxi. 

 Vulpes {Urocyon) virginianus, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 138. 



Sr. Ch. — Head and body a little over two feet in length. Tail rather more than half as long. Tail with a concealed mane 

 of stiff bristly hairs. Prevailing color mi.xed hoary and black ; convexity and base of ears, sides of neck, edge of belly, and 

 considerable portion of fore legs rusty or cinnamon. Band encircling the muzzle, much dilated on the chin, black. Throat 

 and lower half of face pure white. Tail hoary on the sides ; a distinct stripe above and the tip black ; rusty beneath. 



Specimens obtained at Fort Vancouver in 1855, (54, 55.) 

 This fox is called Loot-zah by the Des Chutes Indians. 



