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Santa Catalina Island Fox

Urocyon littoralis catalinae

Classification

Family
Canidae

The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox species that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. They evolved from their larger mainland gray fox ancestor (U. cinereoargenteus) and have diversified into six subspecies, each confined to its own island and all exhibiting insular dwarfism.

Distribution

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United States of America · 492