JUNE 5, 1899 VoL. I, PP. 43-44 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 
A NEW GRAY FOX FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. 
BY OUTRAM BANGS. 
THE GRAY FOX of the upper Mississippi Valley differs from 
true Urocyon cinereoargenteus, whose type locality is Carolina, 
quite enough to warrant recognizing it as a subspecies, as 
Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous’ subsp. nov. 
Type, from Platteville, Wisconsin, 2 adult, no. 4290, coll. of E. A. and 
O. Bangs, taken Jan. 25, 1896, by N. E. France, skinned, sexed and meas- 
ured by W. W. Brown, Jr. 
Subspecific characters.— Size much greater than in true U. cinereoargenteus ; 
tail longer; hind foot larger; general coloring of back and sides much more 
yellowish, not so gray; red of sides of neck, lower sides, arms and legs, deep, 
more ferruginous; under surface and sides of tail more ferruginous, less black 
and gray; outer surface of ear much more ferruginous, without so marked a 
dull grayish brown tip. Skull much larger; audital bulla very much smaller 
and flatter; otherwise similar. 
Color.— Full winter pelage: upper parts, under fur smoke gray at base, 
shading to drab at ends; long hairs banded with grayish yellow and black ; 
lower sides (the color meeting across middle of body) pale ferruginous; sides 
of neck (meeting on under side of neck in a narrow collar) deep, rich ferrugi- 
nous; face with the usual white and dusky markings; lower belly, an irregular 
marking between arms, and throat, white; ear whitish inside, rich ferruginous 
outside; arms,—under surface deep ferruginous, upper surface grizzled 
yellowish gray and black; legs,—a narrow band of whitish extending down 
1@«U@o0s — Swift-runner, one of Actzon’s hounds. 
