Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775) . Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 92 [1775]; text: 3(21):361 [1776].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Sein Vaterland ist Carolina und die Wärmeren Gegenden von Nordamerica, vielleicht auch Surinam."

DISTRIBUTION: North America from Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado in the West and the USA-Canadian border in the East through Central America to N Colombia and Venezuela.

SYNONYMS: borealis Merriam, 1903; californicus Mearns, 1897; colimensis Goldman, 1938; costaricensis Goodwin, 1938; floridanus Rhoads, 1895; fraterculus Elliot, 1896; furvus Allen and Barbour, 1923; guatemalae Miller, 1899; inyoensis Elliot, 1904; madrensis Burt and Hooper, 1941; nigrirostris Lichtenstein, 1850; ocythous Bangs, 1899; orinontus Goldman, 1938; parvidens Miller, 1899; peninsularis Huey, 1928; pensylvanicus Boddaert, 1784; scottii Mearns, 1891; sequoiensis Dixon, 1910; texensis Mearns, 1897; townsendi Merriam, 1899; virginianus Schreber, 1775 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Fritzell and Haroldson (1982, Mammalian Species, 189). Placed in Canis (Vulpes) by Van Gelder (1978); Clutton-Brock et al. (1976) placed it in Vulpes (Urocyon) .