Urocyon littoralis (Baird, 1857) . Mammalia, in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8(1):143.

TYPE LOCALITY: "island of San Miguel, on the coast of California."

DISTRIBUTION: Islands off the Pacific coast of S California (USA).

STATUS: IUCN - Rare.

SYNONYMS: catalinae Merriam, 1903; clementae Merriam, 1903; dickeyi Grinnell and Linsdale, 1930; santacruzae Merriam, 1903; santarosae Grinnell and Linsdale, 1930.

COMMENTS: Placed in Canis (Vulpes) by Van Gelder (1978); Clutton-Brock et al. (1976) placed it in Vulpes (Urocyon) . May be conspecific with U. cinereoargenteus (Stains, 1975; Van Gelder, 1978).