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CARNIVOEA 



FIG. 65. 

 Incisors and canines from front, of Cards (a), Alopex (6), and Vulpes (c). 



VULPES VULPES Linnaeus. 



(Synonymy under subspecies.) 



Type locality. — TTpsala, Sweden. 



Geographical distribution. — Europe from the Arctic coast to 

 the Mediterranean, and from Ireland eastward into Asia. 



Diagnosis. — Size large: hind foot, in adult male 135 to 165 

 mm.; condylobasal length of skull in adult male 135 to 165 mm., 

 in adult female 127 to 155 mm. 



External characters. — Form more slender and legs relatively 

 shorter than in Canis ; muzzle long and pointed ; ear high, 

 pointed, rising conspicuously above surrounding fur ; tail long, 



