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and a smaller kind peculiar to Corsica and Sardinia 

 called V. ichnusae by Miller. The first-named species 

 is subdivided into three forms, these sub-species 

 being V. v. vulpes, Linn., of Scandinavia ; V. v. 

 crucigera, Bechstein, of central Europe, including 

 the British Isles ; and V. v. silacea, Miller, a light- 

 coloured race found in Spain. V. v. crucigera 

 differs from the northern form of the red fox in having 

 smaller and less robust teeth.) 



