A Dwarf Fox Thought To Have Gone Extinct Was Spotted In Cozumel, Confirming They're Alive
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A small fox from Cozumel, considered to be in critical danger of extinction, has reappeared in Mexico after more than two decades without confirmed records. The news does not speak of a recovered population or a closed happy ending, but of something much more fragile: a proof that this animal still survives. The finding occurred after the rescue of an adult male near a coastal road on the island. Scientists have now published the first photograp…
The first images of a fox on the Mexican island of Cozumel are proof that the rare beast is still alive. Until now, biologists believed it was extinct. But there is little information about the unique species. It may have been present in the area for at least the last five thousand years.
The elusive dwarf fox, which was considered extinct, was spotted near the highway on Cosumel Island in Mexico. Scientists even managed to get pictures of this predator, reports Live Science. A tiny animal belongs to a mysterious population of cosmomelian foxes, a species that has not been officially observed for more than 20 years. Cosummel foxes live only on Cosumel, an island near Cancún. Researchers know very little about these mysterious pre…
Photographer Snaps Pics of Animal Scientists Thought Was Extinct
When wildlife photographer and director of conservation and environmental education for La Fundación de Parques y Museos de Cozumel, Rafael Chacón, heard about a small, disoriented fox on the side of a highway in Cozumel, he knew he had to go. According to Smithsonian Magazine, he grabbed his camera and snapped the first photos of the rare and elusive Cozumel dwarf fox in 20 years. “Seeing this fox standing there, calm and beautiful in its natu…
A Dwarf Fox Thought To Have Gone Extinct Was Spotted In Cozumel, Confirming They're Alive
For more than two decades, no one had seen the elusive dwarf fox, leading scientists to believe that the creature might have gone extinct. But in September 2023, a dwarf fox was spotted near a highway in Cozumel, Mexico, confirming that these foxes are still alive. However, they are likely at high risk of dying […]
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