Family Canidae

Vulpes vulpes fulva (Desmarest 1820) Red Fox

Boyd et al. (1997) reported four specimens collected from the MIR Center to the north of SASP. One of these was a pregnant female with three embryos collected on 2 March 1992. We observed a Vulpes vulpes during collecting activities in October of 2005 in WMA 10.

Additional records (4).– 4 mi. N, 5 mi. W

San Angelo (31º31.3′N, 100º31.3′W), 4 (ASNHC).

Urocyon cinereoargenteus scottii Mearns 1891 Common Gray Fox

In Tom Green County, this species is more common than Vulpes vulpes (Boyd et al. 1997). A female was collected from near Bald Eagle Creek on 15 December 2000. A male road-killed gray fox was salvaged on FM 2288 near WMA 9. A skull was salvaged from another roadkill on Arden Road near Red Arroyo Park adjacent to SASP on 12 October 2001. One individual was sighted on 15 March 2000 emerging from a den in Turkey Creek. Trailmaster photographs of gray fox were taken from WMA 10 in winter, spring, and fall of 2005. Boyd et al. (1997) reported that gray fox were abundant at the MIR Center, which borders SASP to the north.

Specimens examined (3).– 1 mi. S, 3½ mi. W San Angelo (31º26.9′N, 100º30.2′W), 1 (ASNHC 12862); 3 mi. N Arden Rd. on FM 2288 (31º28.3′N, 100º31.8′W), 1 (ASNHC 11809); 7.2 mi. N, 3 mi. W San Angelo (31º34.1′N, 100º29.3′W), 1 (ASNHC 11810).

Additional records (1).– 4 mi. N, 5 mi. W San

Angelo (31º31.3′N, 100º31.3′W), 1 (ASNHC).