Existence of rare red fox confirmed
Monday, September 6, 2010 - 21:56
in Biology & Nature
DNA from a bait bag and a fuzzy photograph positively identify the Sierra Nevada red fox, last seen in the Sonora Pass area in the 1920s, the U.S. Forest Service announces.The genetic signature of canine slobber on a bait bag of chicken scraps and a fuzzy photograph from a motion-sensitive camera north of Yosemite National Park have confirmed the existence of a red fox, thought to have been all but wiped out, the U.S. Forest Service announced last week.