﻿NO. 
  1126. 
  KEW 
  MAMMALS 
  FROM 
  MEXICAN 
  BORDER— 
  MEARNS. 
  459 
  

  

  UROCYON 
  CINEREOARGENTEUS 
  TEXENSIS, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

   TEXAN 
  GRAY 
  FOX. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  No. 
  --rrhi 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Skin 
  and 
  skull. 
  From 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  near 
  

   Eagle 
  Pass, 
  Texas; 
  collected 
  in 
  1851 
  by 
  Arthur 
  Schott, 
  a 
  naturalist 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  Mexican 
  boundary 
  survey, 
  under 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Emory. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  type. 
  — 
  Similiar 
  to 
  U. 
  cinereoargenteus, 
  but 
  paler, 
  with 
  

   larger 
  ears, 
  and 
  a 
  longer 
  tail. 
  The 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  limbs, 
  sides 
  of 
  

   neck, 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  ears, 
  which 
  are 
  chestnut 
  or 
  cinnamon-rufous 
  in 
  the 
  

   typical 
  form, 
  are 
  ochraceous. 
  Height 
  of 
  ear 
  above 
  crown, 
  80 
  mm.; 
  

   length 
  of 
  hind 
  foot, 
  128; 
  length 
  of 
  caudal 
  vertebrte, 
  350. 
  

  

  Another 
  specimen 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  collector 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  Eio 
  

   Grande 
  (No. 
  i^/A, 
  U.S.N.M.), 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  above, 
  except 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  

   few 
  gray-and-black 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  limbs, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  coloration. 
  

   It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  these 
  two 
  specimens 
  represent 
  different 
  seasonal 
  

   pelages, 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  last-mentioned 
  example 
  is 
  coarser 
  and 
  harsher. 
  

   Other 
  specimens 
  from 
  northern 
  Mexico 
  and 
  extreme 
  southwestern 
  

   Texas 
  approach 
  Urocyon 
  ci7iereoar(/e)ttens 
  scottli. 
  

  

  Tbis 
  subspecies 
  inhabits 
  the 
  Texan 
  region, 
  and 
  finds 
  its 
  nearest 
  ana- 
  

   logue 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  southern 
  and 
  Lower 
  

   California, 
  described 
  below, 
  the 
  two 
  being 
  separated 
  on 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   border 
  by 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  U. 
  c, 
  scottH 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  region. 
  

  

  UROCYON 
  CINEREOARGENTEUS 
  CALIFORNICUS, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

   CALIFORNIAN 
  GRAY 
  FOX. 
  

  

  Type.—:^o. 
  62873, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Skiu 
  and 
  skull. 
  Adult 
  male, 
  from 
  the 
  

   San 
  Jacinto 
  Mountains, 
  altitude 
  8,000 
  feet, 
  Riverside 
  County, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia; 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Anthony, 
  July 
  6, 
  1895. 
  Original 
  num- 
  

   ber, 
  11. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  type. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  Urocyon 
  cinereoargenteus, 
  but 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  paler, 
  with 
  larger 
  ears 
  and 
  relatively 
  longer 
  tail. 
  Length, 
  890 
  mm. 
  ; 
  

   caudal 
  vertebr;v, 
  330; 
  ear 
  from 
  crown, 
  8~); 
  length 
  of 
  hind 
  foot, 
  120. 
  

   Compared 
  with 
  the 
  gray 
  fox 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  skull 
  is 
  smaller, 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  broader, 
  with 
  a 
  higher 
  brain 
  case, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  temporal 
  crests 
  

   much 
  more 
  widely 
  separated. 
  The 
  coronoid 
  process 
  of 
  the 
  mandible 
  is 
  

   more 
  nearly 
  vertical. 
  

  

  Remarls. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  coast 
  form, 
  difiering 
  widely 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  interior 
  region, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  named 
  ^ 
  U. 
  c. 
  scottH. 
  It 
  is 
  abont 
  as 
  

   darkly 
  colored 
  as 
  the 
  Texas 
  gray 
  fox, 
  described 
  above, 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  

   it 
  considerably 
  in 
  the 
  shades 
  of 
  coloring, 
  and 
  also 
  somewhat 
  in 
  propor- 
  

   tions. 
  It 
  ditfers 
  from 
  T'. 
  c. 
  texensis 
  chiefiy 
  in 
  having 
  larger 
  ears, 
  and 
  

   grayer, 
  less 
  fulvous 
  coloring. 
  

  

  The 
  gi 
  ay 
  foxes 
  of 
  northern 
  California 
  are 
  almost 
  like 
  those 
  from 
  New 
  

  

  1 
  Bull, 
  Aiiier. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.. 
  Ill, 
  1891, 
  }). 
  336. 
  

  

  