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weird "bad lands" of the great West, the high-pitched, stac- 

 cato cry of the Coyote, as he announces the coming dawn, 

 is associated with memories of vast stretches of open coun- 

 try, magnificent distances, fragrant sage-brush, and freedom. 

 The specific name of this animal (latrans) means "barking," 

 and was bestowed on account of its peculiar dog-like cry. 



The Coyote ranges from the latitude of the City of Mexico 

 northward through the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain 

 region to Alberta. The size of my best Montana specimen 

 was 37% + 16 inches in length and 20% inches in height at 

 the shoulders. 



Coyotes vary in color from the typical pepper-and-salt 

 gray to yellowish gray, the latter being found in the South- 

 west. At rare intervals, black specimens occur. 



NORTH AMERICAN FOXES 

 (NORTH OF MEXICO) 



RED Fox GROUP: GENUS Vulpes 



ENGLISH NAME LATIN NAME LOCALITY 



RED Fox Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest) . . Virginia to Alaska. 



Vulpes fulvus decussatus New York to Man- 

 (Desmarest) itoba. 



CROSS Fox 



BLACK Fox 



Vulpes fulvus argentatus Northwest Terri- 



(Shaw) tory, Alaska. 



PLAINS Fox Vulpes macrourus (Baird) . . . Great Plains. 



T , T-, I Vulpes harrimani (Mer- 1 -,., T A1 , 



KADIAK Fox j riam) I ^adiak I., Alaska. 



NEWFOUNDLAND Fox . . Vulpes deletrix (Bangs) Newfoundland. 



SWIFT Fox Vulpes velox (Say) The Great Plains. 



LARGE-EARED Fox Vulpes macrotis (Merriam). . .Southern California. 



T^ T7 , , T . x 1 Polar regions of both 



ARCTIC, OR BLUE rox. . Vulpes Laqopus (Linnaeus) , . , 



hemispheres. 



HALL ISLAND Fox Vulpes hallensis (Merriam) 



Hall Island, Bering 

 Sea. 



