#canidae

See the First-Ever Photos of Cozumel’s Mysterious Dwarf Fox

Many believed the tiny fox had gone extinct

Strange things happen to animals when they colonize islands. Some of them get larger, like the enormous rabbit Nuralagus rex of ancient Menorca, while others get smaller, like the dwarf fox of Cozumel. This mysterious species of gray fox is estimated to be only around 60 to 80 percent the size of its larger mainland brethren. Fossils indicate it first arrived on the Mexican island around 5,000 years ago, predating the arrival of humans...

Eurasian wolves (Canis lupus lupus) in Ouwehands Zoo, The Netherlands

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

“i am incapable of being human // i am incapable of being inhuman // i am living uncontrollably”