Vulpes macrotis Merriam, 1888

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 249

Vulpes macrotis Merriam, 1888 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 4: 136.

REVIEWED BY: H. J. Egoscue (HJE).

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., California, Riverside Co., vicinity of Box Springs, within 10 mi. (16 km) S. E of Riverside .

DISTRIBUTION: Western U.S. A, from S. Oregon to Zacatecas ( Mexico) and east to W. Texas and E. New Mexico.

COMMENT: Partly revised by Waithman and Roest, 1977, J. Mammal., 58: 157-164. Distinct from velox ; see Thornton and Creel, 1975, Texas J. Sci., 26:127- 136; and Rohwer and Kilgore, 1973, Syst. Zool., 22:157- 165, who found hybrids between velox and macrotis but concluded they were of reduced viability, and retained both as species; but also see Hall, 1981:940. Clutton-Brock, et al., 1976, 29 (3):1 17- 199, combined velox and macrotis for analysis only; see also Van Gelder, 1978:8, who placed this species in genus Canis , subgenus Vulpes . Reviewed by McGrew, 1979, Mamm. Species, 123:1-6. See Miller and Kellogg, 1955, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 205:685. for discussion of type locality.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as V. m. mutica subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001015006001.