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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Canidae
--> GENUS Urocyon
SPECIES Urocyon littoralis
| Author: | Baird, 1858. | | Citation: | Mammalia, In Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8(1): 143. | | Common Name: | Island Fox | | Type Locality: | "island of San Miguel, on the coast of California." | | Distribution: | USA (Islands off the Pacific coast of S California). | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Proposed Endangered as U. littoralis catalinae, U. l. littoralis, U. l. santacruzae, and U. l. santarosae; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Moore and Collins, (1995). Placed in Canis (Vulpes) by Van Gelder (1978). Gilbert et al. (1990), George and Wayne (1991), Wayne et al. (1991a, b), and Collins (1993) supported full species status. Synonyms allocated according to Moore and Collins (1995). |
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