California mammals . edappearance. This stage of pelage is probably very rare in Cali-fornia, if it really occurs at all. These different pelages are notseasonal but are to a considerable extent dimorphic, though thereis also some seasonal differences. Genus Urocyon Baird. (Tail—dog.)Pupils of eye elliptical; tail long, bushy, with a concealedmane of stiff black hairs on its upper side; teeth as in Vulpes; 220 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. temporal crests distinct, widely separated, converging posteriorly;upper postorbital process large and the corresponding process onthe zygomatic arch nearly as large;
California mammals . edappearance. This stage of pelage is probably very rare in Cali-fornia, if it really occurs at all. These different pelages are notseasonal but are to a considerable extent dimorphic, though thereis also some seasonal differences. Genus Urocyon Baird. (Tail—dog.)Pupils of eye elliptical; tail long, bushy, with a concealedmane of stiff black hairs on its upper side; teeth as in Vulpes; 220 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. temporal crests distinct, widely separated, converging posteriorly;upper postorbital process large and the corresponding process onthe zygomatic arch nearly as large; lower jaw but slightly curved;the angular process long, wide, curved, and with a deep widenotch below anteriorly. Dental formula, I, 3—3; C, i—i; P, 4—4; M, 2—3X2=42. Urocyon califomicus Me;arns. CALIFORNIA GRAY FOX. General effect above grizzled gray, underfur grayish buff,darkest on the head, lightest on the sides, thickly mixed with longhairs which are black in the basal twO thirds covered by the under-. Gray Fox. fur, then white, then black to tip, the black tip being shorter andpaler on the sides; upper part of head similar tO the back; upperside of nose nearly to eyes mixed brown and gray; sometimesquite pale; a white area in front Of whiskers, this usually includingthe point of the under lip; remainder of lower jaw black, this areajoining the black area at the base of the whiskers; inner surfaceand edges of ears whitish; convex surface of ears mixed dusky, CANID^ 221 gray and tawny near the tip changing toi clear tawny, ochraceousor brownish buff toward the base of the ear, this color extendingon the sides of the neck nearly to the shoulder, outer and backsides of legs tawny or ochraceous; remainder of under side ofhead and neck, inside of legs and more or less of breast and bellywhite, front side of fore legs and feet and of hind feet mixedwhite and dusky; tail with a stripe o-f long stiff black hairs on theupper side, a fulvous stripe on the under
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