Content: Foxing and pink marks on image. Printed on border: "C. argentatus, Desm. C. fulvus, Desm." "The animal is very rare, a greater number than four or five being seldom taken in a season in the fur countries. The fur is six times the value of any other fur produced in North America. It is sometimes found of a shining black, the tip of the tail being white. … It inhabits the same districts with the red fox. It is not yet clearly proved that it is of the same species as the black fox of Europe, though it bears a strong resemblance to it." "The common fox of America is supposed by Cuvier to be a distinct species from the red fox of Europe. It inhabits all parts of the United States."
Source Note: The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, according to the classifications of Stark. (New York : Kearny, 1852) Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) (1805-1866), Editor.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17234060
Barcode: 33333159394028
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f14f9cc0-c534-012f-dc1e-58d385a7bc34

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Date Issued

1852

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The silvery fox ; The American fox" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f14f9cc0-c534-012f-dc1e-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1852). The silvery fox ; The American fox Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f14f9cc0-c534-012f-dc1e-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The silvery fox ; The American fox" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f14f9cc0-c534-012f-dc1e-58d385a7bc34

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