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hroador Hum in the red I'ox. Tlic luisal hoiios oxt(^nd farther 

 tcriorly. Hum llic nKixilhii ics. wliilc in the red fox they do not ex- 

 tend as rai*. 'I'lic lowri- jaw is r(Miiarka])le in having a notch on the 

 lower ed^e just in froni of the angular i)roeess, which appears to 

 l)e an accessory [)r()cess for the attachment of muscles of mastica- 

 tion. The teeth are smaUer in the gray fox than in the other. 



Range. — Gray foxes are found throughout most of the United 



States. The typical form extends from Florida to New York and 

 from the Atlantic west to Indiana. 



The gray fox was formerly common in nearly all parts of the 

 State, but it is fast disappearing. Wied states that it was abun- 

 dant at New Harmony in 1832. Dr. Plummer says of it in 1844 

 that it is ''still found in the more wooded districts." Dr. Hay- 

 mond, in 1869, says that it is probably as abundant as ever near 

 Brookville. Butler says in 1893 that it is still found in Franklin 

 County, but it is rare'. Mr. Chansler knows of no positive records 

 for Knox County since about 1895, although he states that what 



Fig. 14. — Skull of Urocyoii c< nfrto-uraeiilatus. After Baird. 



