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Pictures: "Rarest of the Rare" Species Named
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Posted on 04/27/2010 12:02:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Island Gray Fox Photograph by George H.H. Huey, Corbis

With fewer than a thousand individuals left, the island gray fox (pictured) may not be able to outfox extinction, according to the new Wildlife Conservation Society report "Rarest of the Rare."

The island gray—the smallest fox in the United States—is found only on California's Channel Islands (see map). The tiny mammal has succumbed to predation from golden eagles as well as diseases from domestic dogs introduced to the islands, experts say.



TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: jpb; species
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Sumatran Orangutan

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1 posted on 04/27/2010 12:02:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 04/27/2010 12:03:57 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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Survived because the little guy is smart as a Fox !!


3 posted on 04/27/2010 12:04:22 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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Also becoming extinct.

4 posted on 04/27/2010 12:04:33 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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Some of these need to become mascots.

The Island Gray Fox would make a good one, especially in Southern California.

5 posted on 04/27/2010 12:06:44 PM PDT by Plutarch
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Florida Bonneted Bat - "The species has declined to just about a hundred animals due to widespread loss of its preferred roosting sites in cliff crevices and tree cavities."

Cliffs? In Florida?

6 posted on 04/27/2010 12:07:20 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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7 posted on 04/27/2010 12:08:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Lurker

lol!


8 posted on 04/27/2010 12:17:01 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: JoeProBono

If they Domesticated those foxes they wouldn’t go extinct.


9 posted on 04/27/2010 12:17:54 PM PDT by GraceG
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And if this fox becomes extinct the California economy may collapse. Or maybe the fox has nothing to do with it.


10 posted on 04/27/2010 12:17:55 PM PDT by FreePaul
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George Carlin: Saving Endangered Species is Wrong!
11 posted on 04/27/2010 12:19:24 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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12 posted on 04/27/2010 12:19:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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The fox is cute. Better kill the rest of them before the watermelons steal that land as a “fox refuge”


13 posted on 04/27/2010 12:20:12 PM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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14 posted on 04/27/2010 12:20:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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15 posted on 04/27/2010 12:21:59 PM PDT by Scythian
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George Carlin on Saving the Planet
16 posted on 04/27/2010 12:22:24 PM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: Chet 99; shibumi; Salamander

17 posted on 04/27/2010 12:23:39 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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beat me by 3 minutes! Like minds and all that.....Except mine is the long version ;o)


18 posted on 04/27/2010 12:24:00 PM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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19 posted on 04/27/2010 12:25:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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This Russian Spider Bear, rarely photographed, has killed 8 people in the last 36 hours in a small Russian village
20 posted on 04/27/2010 12:28:16 PM PDT by Scythian
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