UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 
IN 
ZOOLOGY 
Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 303-305 February 12, 1910 
A NORTHERN COAST FORM OF THE 
CALIFORNIA GRAY FOX. 
BY 
JOSEPH DIXON. 
(Contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California.) 
A recent examination of the forty skins and skulls of the 
eray fox from California, in the collection of the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California, has con- 
vineed me that the animal inhabiting the humid coast belt of 
California is sufficiently different from either Urocyon califor- 
nicus californicus Mearns or Urocyon californicus townsendi 
Merriam to be readily distinguished from either of these two 
forms. I therefore propose it as new, to be known as: 
Urocyon californicus sequoiensis, new subspecies. 
Type.—FHemale adult; no. 8978, Univ. Calif. Mus. Vert. Zool. ; 
Lagunitas, Marin County, California; collected by Joseph Dixon; 
January 1, 1910; original number 455. 
GnograPpHic DisrrisuTion.—Humid coast belt of California. 
The northernmost specimens which I have examined are from 
Lakeport, Lake County, California; the southern range of this 
form appears to be Monterey Bay, south of which it intergrades 
with californicus. 
CHARACTERS.—The fulvous areas more intense in color than 
in townsendi and much more intense and extensive than in cali- 
fornicus; measurements of skull and entire body less than in 
townsendi, greater than in californicus. 
