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--> GENUS Vulpes
SPECIES Vulpes velox
Author: | Say, 1823. | Citation: | In James, Account of an Exped. from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mtns, 1: 487. | Common Name: | Swift Fox | Type Locality: | "camp on the river Platte, at the fording place of the Pawnee Indians, twenty-seven miles [43 km] below the confluence of the North and South, or Paduca Forks." [Camp on 20 June 1820 reported to be at 40.59'15'N (vol. 2)]. | Distribution: | Canada (SE British Columbia, SC Alberta and SW Saskatchewan), USA (C North America to NW Texas panhandle and E New Mexico). | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered as V. velox hebes (Canada); IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | Comments: | See comments under V. macrotis for the separation of macrotis and velox as followed here. |
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