The animal is the island fox.

那就是岛屿灰狐。

Today, federal agencies are pulling the island fox from the Endangered Species List.

现在，美国联邦机构正准备将岛屿灰狐移出濒危物种名单。

Just off the coast of Southern California sits Santa Cruz Island, where a magical creature called the island fox dwells.

圣克鲁斯岛紧邻南加利福尼亚海岸，在岛上居住着一种叫作岛屿灰狐的神奇物种。

But through a recovery program, the golden eagles were relocated and the island fox population is on the rise again.

但通过拯救计划，金雕得以重新安置，岛上狐狸的数量再次上升。

But then, the less forgiving golden eagles arrived in the Channel Islands, and began preying upon the island fox, hunting them to near extinction.

但后来，不那么宽容的金雕来到了海峡群岛，开始捕猎岛上的狐狸，把它们捕食到几近灭绝。

Island foxes are descendants of mainland gray foxes, but have grown smaller over thousands of years to adapt to the limited resources of their island homes.

岛屿灰狐是大陆灰狐的后代，但在数千年的时间里，为适应岛上有限的资源，它长得越来越小。

It's the largest land mammal that's native to the islands, but it's about the size of a Chihuahua, making the island fox one of the smallest members of the dog family candidate.

它是岛上最大的陆地哺乳动物，但其大小和吉娃娃差不多，这使得它成为犬科家族中最小的成员之一。