Vol. Ill] GRINNELL— MAMMALS OF CALIFORNIA 287 



Vulpes macrotis muticus Merriam 



San Joaquin Kit Fox 



Original description — Vulpes muticus Merriam, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., 15, March 22, 1902, p. 74. 



Type localitv — Tracy, San Joaquin County, California. 

 Range — Lower Sonoran zone in the San Joaquin Valley. 



Vulpes macrotis arsipus Elliot 

 Mohave Desert Kit Fo.x 



Original description — Vulpes arsipus Elliot, Field Col. Mus., 

 zool. ser., 3, December, 1903, p. 236. 



Type locality — Daggett. Mohave Desert, San Bernardino 

 County, California. 



Range — Lower Sonoran zone on the Colorado and Mohave 

 deserts, west to Palm Springs, Riverside County (Mus. Vert. 

 Zool.), and north to the Panamint Mountains, Inyo County 

 (Elliot, supra cit.). 



Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Merriam 

 Townsend Gray Fox 



Original description — Urocyon californicus toivtisendi Mer- 

 riam, N. Amer. Fauna, 16, October, 1899, pp. 103, 104. 



Type locality — Baird, Shasta County, California. 



Range — Transition and Upper Sonoran zones in extreme 

 northern California, from the interior of Humboldt County 

 east to the vicinity of Mount Shasta (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Urocyon cinereoargenteus sequoiensis Dixon 



Redwood Gray Fox 



Original description — Urocyon californicus sequoiensis 

 Di.xon, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 5, February 12, 1910, pp. 

 303-305. 



Type locality — Lagimitas, Marin County, California. 



Synonyms — Urocyon californicus, part; Vulpes virgin- 

 ianus; Urocyon cinereoargenteus californicus, part. 



Range — High Upper Sonoran and Transition zones in the 

 humid coast belt of west-central California, from Monterey 

 Bay north to Lake County (Dixon, supra cit.). 



