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SPECIES Vulpes macrotis
Author: | Merriam, 1888. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 4: 136. | Common Name: | Kit Fox | Type Locality: | "Riverside, San Bernardino county, California" | Distribution: | USA (S and C California, Nevada, SE Oregon, SW Idaho, W Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and W Texas). | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered as V. macrotis mutica. | Comments: | Reviewed by Egoscue (1979) and McGrew (1979). Revised by Waithman and Roest (1977) and Dragoo et al. (1990). Blair et al. (1968), Lechleitner (1969), Bueler (1973), and Dragoo et al. (1990) considered macrotis and velox conspecific. Packard and Bowers (1970), Rohwer and Kilgore (1973), Thornton and Creel (1975) (who found hybrids between velox and macrotis but concluded they were of reduced viability) and Mercure et al. (1993) retained both as separate species. Mercure et al. (1993) argued that the genetic differences between macrotis and velox were similar to that of Vulpes vulpes and V. lagopus and therefore argued that they should be recognized at the species level (followed here). Synonyms allocated according to Mercure et al. (1993). |
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arizonensis Goldman, 1931 arsipus Elliot, 1904 devius Nelson and Goldman, 1909 muticus Merriam, 1902 neomexicanus Merriam, 1902 nevadensis Goldman, 1931 tenuirostris Nelson and Goldman, 1931 zinseri Benson, 1938
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