📸 The first photographic evidence of the elusive Cozumel fox in over 20 years was captured on a coastal highway in Mexico, confirming the survival of this ancient dwarfed species.
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Insular isolation can drive rapid evolutionary divergence, including pronounced dwarfism, in mammals. A dwarfed fox (Urocyon sp.) has inhabited the island of Cozumel, Mexico, for millennia, yet prior ...