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Area of intergradation 



Map illustrating approximate distribution of Red Foxes in eastern North America south of 



latitude 52°. 



Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest). Type locality — Virginia. Description as previously 

 given. 



Vulpes regalis Merriam. (Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, 1900, p. 672.) Type locality — 

 Elk River, Sherburn Co., Minnesota. Size large; color golden yellow, shading 

 to whitish yellow on the face; legs strongly rusty brown or reddish brown. 



Vulpes ruhricosa (Bangs). (Science, N. S., VII, 1898, p. 272.) Type locality — 

 Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Larger and darker ihstn fulvus; rostrum and teeth 

 larger. 



Vulpes r. hangsi Merriam. (Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, 1900, p. 667.) Type local- 

 ity — Lance au Loup, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador. "Similar to fulvus, but 

 ears smaller; black of ears and feet more restricted." (Merriam.) 



Vulpes deletrix Bangs. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, 1898, p. 36.) Type locality — 

 Bay St. George, Newfoundland. Color very pale, light straw color, varying in 

 places to yellow and buffy. 



