Holotype of Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous

Date Collected:

1896-01-25

North America: United States: Wisconsin: Grant | Platteville

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae
Determiner: Outram Bangslinked data icon in 1899
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication
Previous Identification
Urocyon Baird, 1857 linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae
Common Name(s): gray foxes
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Bangs ledger. Verbatim spelling: Uricion[sic]

Bangs 1899, page 43, Holotype of Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous Bangs, 1899 specifically referred to by catalog number (no. 4290) as type
Media type: text; Bangs 1899 Description: A new gray fox from the upper Mississippi Valley;

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Shows Publication: Bangs 1899 Description: A new gray fox from the upper Mississippi Valley

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-30   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female By: Wilmot W. Brown, Jr.
age class adult By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07
hind foot with claw 136 mm By: Wilmot W. Brown, Jr.
tail length 386 mm By: Wilmot W. Brown, Jr.
total length 1024 mm By: Wilmot W. Brown, Jr.
unformatted measurements length of single half of mandible= 93.2 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements length of nasals= 47 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements mastoid width of skull= 43.6 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements zygomatic width of skull= 69.4 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements basal length of skull= 114.2 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements interorbital width (of skull)= 25.2 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements occipito-nasal length of skull= 115.4 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements width across postorbital processes= 40.2 mm By: Outram Bangs
Remarks: migrated from type description

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Wisconsin
  • County:
  • Grant
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2002324 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Platteville
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Platteville
  • Georeference:
  • 42.7341600°, -90.478462° (Error radius: 4057m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-04-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1896-01-25
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 25 Jan 1896
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • received "in meat from N. E. France"
  • Collectors:
  • N. E. France; Edward A. Bangs & Outram Bangs Collection

Media type: text; Mammalogy BANGS-4263;  BANGS-4271;  BANGS-4274;  BANGS-4286;  BANGS-4287;  BANGS-4298;  BANGS-4251;  BANGS-4252;  BANGS-4253;  BANGS-4254;  BANGS-4255;  BANGS-4256;  BANGS-4257;  BANGS-4258;  BANGS-4259;  BANGS-4260;  BANGS-4261;  BANGS-4262;  BANGS-4264;  BANGS-4265;  BANGS-4266;  BANGS-4267;  BANGS-4268;  BANGS-4269;  BANGS-4270;  BANGS-4272;  BANGS-4273;  BANGS-4275;  BANGS-4276;  BANGS-4277;  BANGS-4278;  BANGS-4279;  BANGS-4280;  BANGS-4281;  BANGS-4282;  BANGS-4283;  BANGS-4284;  BANGS-4285;  BANGS-4288;  BANGS-4289;  BANGS-4290;  BANGS-4291;  BANGS-4292;  BANGS-4293;  BANGS-4294;  BANGS-4295;  BANGS-4296;  BANGS-4297;  BANGS-4299;  BANGS-4300 Description: MCZ Mammalogy E.A. and O. Bangs Collection bangs-000001, pg.86;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-4263 Sciurus to MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-4...

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