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The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part III
Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part III: Patwin In the 1920s and 30s, when Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale in the MVZ were puzzling over the Sacramento Valley red foxes, there was no way to adequately determine the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ben Sacks, holotype, Joseph Dixon, Joseph Grinnell, red fox, Sacramento Valley, Vulpes vulpes
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The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part II
Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part II: A Wild West hypothesis In November 1923, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology received a red fox specimen from the Sacramento Valley. This specimen represented a population that was previously unknown … Continue reading →
The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part I
Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part I: The holotype Holotype: The single specimen (except in the case of a hapantotype,q.v.) designated or otherwise fixed as the name-bearing type of a nominal species or subspecies when the nominal … Continue reading →
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Tagged Colusa County, holotype, Joseph Dixon, Joseph Grinnell, red fox, Sacramento Valley, Sam Lamme, Vulpes vulpes
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