Santa Catalina Island Fox (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Santa Catalina Island Fox

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A male fox is in Banning Meadow on Santa Catalina Island. A team of scientists led by UC Davis found alarming rates of ear mites and ear canal tumors in the endangered foxes. Ear mite treatments they initiated have since dramatically reduced the problem, their studies show.

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Julie Lynn King/Catalina Island Conservancy

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