Urocyon sp. nov. 'Cozumel'
Cozumel Island fox
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Uncertain
Distribution & Habitat
Cozumel Island, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bayer, Travis D., McGreal, Maggie A. and Chacón D., A. Rafael. (2026). First photographic evidence of an insular dwarf fox (Urocyon sp.) on the island of Cozumel, Mexico. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e188180
Cuarón, A. D., Martínez-Morales, M. A., McFadden, K. W, Valenzuela, D. and Gompper, M. E. (2004). The status of dwarf carnivores on Cozumel Island, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 13(2): 317-331.
Gompper, M. E., Petrites, A. E. and Lyman, R. L. (2006). Cozumel Island fox (Urocyon sp.) dwarfism and possible divergence history based on subfossil bones. Journal of Zoology 270: 72-77.
Hamblin, N. L. (1984). Animal use by Cozumel Maya. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press.
Jones, J. K., Jr. and Lawlor, T. E. (1965). Mammals from Isla Cozumel, Mexico, with description of a new species of harvest mouse. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 16: 409-419.
Merriam, C. H. (1901). Six new mammals from Cozumel Island, Yucatan. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 14: 99-104.