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Gray fox
(No Subspecific status)
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(SCHREBER, 1775)


Photo by: P. Kalscheuer (UA floridanus)
   
Additional images here: www.biolib.cz

Number of Subspecies:16
Subspecies:01. Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus - E USA
02. U.c. borealis - SE Canada and USA (New England)
03. U.c. californicus - SW USA (S California)
04. U.c. costaricensis - Costa Rica
05. U.c. floridanus - Gulf of Mexico
06. U.c. fraterculus - Mexico (Yucatan)
07. U.c. furvus - Panama
08. U.c. guatemalae - S Mexico S to Nicaragua
09. U.c. madrensis - Mexico (S Sonora, SW Chihuahua & NW Durango)
10. U.c. nigrirostris - SW Mexico
11. U.c. ocythous - USA (Central Plains) and adjoining S Canada
12. U.c. orinomus - S Mexico (Isthmus of Tehuantepec)
13. U.c. peninsularis - NW Mexico (Baja California)
14. U.c. scottii - N Mexico and SW USA
15. U.c. townsendi - W USA (California & Oregon)
16. U.c. venezuelae - Colombia, Venezuela

Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
Information Source for Taxonomy:Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
 
Head-Torso-Length:55 - 85 cm
Tail length:30 - 40 cm
Weight:3,5 - 6,5 kg
Food:Omnivorous
IUCN status:LC (Least Concern)
 


Current Holdings • Former Holdings
 
North America
  Costa Rica (1 Holding(s)):
 
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  • San Jose (Simon Bolivar Zoo and Botanical Garden) 
      Guatemala (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Ciudad de Guatemala (La Aurora Zoo) 
      Mexico (8 Holding(s)):
      United States of America (21 Holding(s)):
    Holding(s): 31
     
    South America
      Argentina (2 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Belén de Escobar (Bioparque Temaikèn) 
     
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  • San Clemente del Tuyu (Mundo Marino) 
      Brazil (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Brasilia (Zoologico de Brasilia) 
      Uruguay (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Montevideo (Parque Lecocq) 
    Holding(s): 4