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Urocyon sp. nov. 'Cozumel'

Cozumel Island fox

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Cozumel Island, Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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. Biodiv. Conserv. 13: 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. [Abstract]

Merriam, C. H. (1901). Six new mammals from Cozumel Island, Yucatan. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 14: 99–104.

 

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