On Cozumel, Mexico, residents thought a tiny fox was extinct, until one appeared roadside

On Cozumel, Mexico, residents thought a tiny fox was extinct, until one appeared roadside

For years, many people on the Mexican island of Cozumel believed one of the area's most elusive native animals had vanished for good.  Then a tiny fox appeared near a roadside, giving residents and researchers their first confirmed look in more than two decades at a species many feared was already extinct. What happened? The animal at the center of the rediscovery is the Cozumel fox, which lives only on the island.  According to A-Z Animals, it …