Urocyon littoralis

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Island Fox

Rear quartering view of adult with head turned. Also as Island Gray Fox, Channel Islands Fox.
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Location:USA, CA, Santa Barbara Co., Santa Cruz IslandDate taken:1 January 1995Description:Rear quartering view of adult with head turned. Also as Island Gray Fox, Channel Islands Fox.

Distribution :

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

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1739

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Cynoidea
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Urocyon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487695

Original name as described

Vulpes (Urocyon) littoralis

Other common names

Island Gray Fox · Channel Islands Fox

Type material

USNM:MAMM:1351 (= USNM:MAMM:A2154)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39a7b312c-d1c5-4dfa-93d6-c487295a2998

Type locality

San Miguel Island, California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005966

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 14 names and synonyms.

Vulpes (Urocyon) littoralis

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Canidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1351 (= USNM:MAMM:A2154)

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Island of San Miguel, off the coast of California, 30 miles from Santa Barbara

Type locality

United States: California: Santa Barbara County, California: 34°2′43″N, 120°22′46″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39a7b312c-d1c5-4dfa-93d6-c487295a2998

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487695

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Canis littoralis:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Canidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

327

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580323

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Urocyon littoralis:

J. E. Gray, 1869

Family

Canidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397128

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1869:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Gray (1869:522, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37819)
Trouessart (1904:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Grinnell (1933:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22781/13985603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Urocyon virginianus littoralis:

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Canidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Urocyon catalinae

C. H. Merriam, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

catalinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:33223 (= USNM:MAMM:A45228)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Catalina Island, Santa Barbara Islands, California

Type locality

United States: California: Los Angeles County, California: 33°23′20″N.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37a3254b1-3d8d-48e4-8c0f-7b84ece3dcee

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345272

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1905:389, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Urocyon clementae

C. H. Merriam, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

clementae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:92034

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: California: Los Angeles County, California.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36fe7ccd1-56ae-424a-bd7d-9a3c01526db7

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345271

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1905:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Urocyon littoralis santacruzae

C. H. Merriam, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

santacruzae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:34852 (= USNM:MAMM:A47117)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: California: Santa Barbara County, California: 34°1′6″N.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b987fe07-975f-4975-bc4b-99e5017d34ab

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345271

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Grinnell (1933:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Urocyon cinereo-argenteus littoralis:

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Canidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466106

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Urocyon cinereo-argenteus santacruzæ:

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Canidae

Root name

santacruzae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466106

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Urocyon littoralis dickeyi

J. Grinnell & Linsdale, 1930

Family

Canidae

Root name

dickeyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 15496 (= Dickey collection 15496)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, California

Type locality

United States: California: Ventura County, California: 33°15′N, 119°30′36″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-15496

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34551828

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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