206 CANID^. 



Canis vulpes nigra americana, Blainv. Ost^ogr. t. 2 (skeleton). 

 Vulpes pennsylvanica, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 518. 



Sab. North America. 



Tar. 1. fuha. "Eeddish yellow; back behind grizzly; throat 

 greenish ; a narrow line on the belly white ; ears behind, and tips of 

 caudal hairs, except terminal brush, black." Skulls 173 a, b, e, d. 



Yar. 2. decussatus. " Muzzle and underparts, with the legs, black ; 

 tail blacker than in var. 1 ; a dark band between the shoulders, crossed 

 by another over the shoulders." 



Canis decussata, Desm. B.M. 



Canis f'ulvus decussatus, Hich., Baird. 

 Vulpes fulvus decussatus, Avd. 8f Bach. 

 Cross Fox. 



Var. 3. argentata. " Entirely black, except on the posterior 

 part of the back, where the hairs are annulated with grey ; tail-tip 

 white ; " foot-pads often covered with hair. 



Canis argentatus, Shaw. 



Canis fulvus argentatus. Rich., Baird. 



Vulpes fulvus argentatus, Aud. 8f Bach. 



Benard noir d'Am^rique, Blainv. OsUogr. 1. 12 (skeleton). 



Silver or Black Fox. 



Var. 4. macrura. Larger, varies in colour like the smaller 

 varieties ; foot-pads covered with hair. 



SkuUs 1402 a, b. Length 5i inches, width 2|. 



Vulpes macrourus, Baird, in Stansbury's Explor. Great Salt Lake, 



p. 309, 1852 ; Mamm. N. A. p. 130. 

 Vulpes Utah, Avd. Sr Bach. Proc. A. N. S. Philad. v. p. 114 ; N. A. 



Quad. iii. p. 255, 1. 151. 

 P Vulpes fulvus, Pr. Max. Beise, ii. p. 98, 1841. 



Hab. Great Salt Lake. 



17. Viilpes velox. (Burrowing Fox.) B.M. 



Canis velox, Say in Long's Bxped. i. p. 486, 1823. 



Vvdpes velox, Aud. Sf Bach. N. A. Quad. ii. p. 13, t. 62, 1851 ; S, 



Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 133; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 



p. 88 1 Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 519. 

 Burrowing Fox, Lewis & Clarke's Travels, ii. p. 351. ' 

 Kit-Fox, Lewis ^ Clarke, ibid. 

 Canis cinereo-argentatus, Sabine, Franklin's Jour. p. 658; Blainv. 



OsUogr. t. 4 (skull). 

 Canis vulpes cinereo-argentatus, Rich. F. B.-A. p. 98, 1827. 

 Vulpes cinereo-argentatus. Gray, lAst Mamm. B. M. p. 60 ; Gerrard, 



Cat. of Bones <rf Mamm. p. 87. 

 Canis microtis (or Kit-Fox), Beichenb. Bigne Anim. i. p. 10, f. 72, 73. 



Hab. North America, Missouri, burrowing in the earth. 



13. PENNECUS. 



Ears large, elongate, hairy, spreading. Tail elongate, bushy, 

 covered with soft hairs. Pupil roundish ? 



