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).

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Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 285, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191