curtailed fox en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined in 1904 by zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot.
Meanings
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(rare) A San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica).
Elliot (1905: 385) provided a common name for Vulpes mutica, the curtailed fox. Elliot was the first to match the specific epithet gender with the generic gender: V. mutica rather than V. muticus.
2011, H. O. Clark, Jr., “The history of arid-land fox discoveries in North America”, in Archives of natural history, Edinburgh University Press, →DOI, page 310:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| curtailed foxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |