92 



THE COMMON FOX. 



CANIS VULPES. 



Cants vulpes, Linneus, Syst. Nat. p. 59 (4) (1766) ; Schreber, Saugthiere, 



Theil iii. p. 354, pi. 90 ; Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 201 



(18.20) ; Pallas, Zoographia, vol. i. p. 45 (1831) ; J. A. 



Wagner, Supplem. Schreber's Saugth., Abth. ii. p. 405 ; 



Blasius, Naturgesch. d. Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 191 



(1857). 



Canis alopex, Linneus, Syst. Nat. p. 59 (5) . 

 Cani s fulvus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 203; J. A. Wagner, Suppl. to 



Schreber's Saugth., Abth. ii. p. 413 ; Richardson, Fauna 



Boreali-Americana, p. 93 (1829) ; Harlan, Fauna Ameri- 

 cana, p. 89. 

 Canis argentatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. p. 325 (1800) ; Desmarest, 



Mammalogie, p. 203 (1820) ; Harlan, Fauna Americana, 



p. 88. 

 Canis decussatus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 203 (1820) ; Harlan, 



Fauna Americana, p. 88 (1825). 



Canis himalaicus, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 103. 

 Canis niloticus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 204; Riippell, Atlas, p. 41 



(1826) ; Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. pi. xix. 

 Canis vulpes montana, Pearson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. v. p. 313 



(1836) ; J. A. Wagner, Suppl. to Schreber's Saugth., 



Abth. ii. p. 408. 

 Vulpes vulgaris, Brisson, Regne Animal, p. 239 (1756) ; Bell, Hist, of 



Brit. Quadrupeds, 2nd edit. p. 225 (1874) ; Allen, Bulletin 



of Mus. at Harvard Coll. vol. i. p. 158. 

 Vulpes crucigera, Brisson, Regne Animal, p. 240 (1756). 

 Vulpes alopex, Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 153 (1858). 

 Vulpes montanus, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xi. p. 589, and xxiii. 



p. 730; Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 516; Jerdon, 



Mammals Brit. India, p. 152 ; Blanford, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 



Bengal, xlvi. 2nd part, p. 323, and xlviii. p. 95 ; Scully, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 202. 



