The African wolf, Canis lupaster, is a canine native to North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, northern East Africa and the Horn of Africa. It was long classed as an African variant of the golden jackal, but studies of its mitochondrial DNA and nuclear genome in 2015 showed it to be a distinct species more closely related to the gray wolf. The canids of Egypt were so wolf-like that Hemprich and Ehrenberg named them Canis lupaster in 1832. It is primarily a predator of invertebrates and of mammals as large as gazelle fawns, and its diet also includes carcasses, human refuse and fruit. It is monogamous and territorial. Two genetically distinct populations exist, in northwestern and eastern Africa, and it has hybridised with feral dogs and Ethiopian wolves. The IUCN lists it as least concern.
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Source African wolf (Wikipedia)Taxonomy, EgyptQuote, Taxonomy, Egypt
The canids present in Egypt in particular were noted to be so much more gray wolf-like than populations elsewhere in Africa that Hemprich and Ehrenberg gave them the binomial name Canis lupaster in 1832.
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It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.
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Its diet also includes animal carcasses, human refuse, and fruit.
Taxonomy, Egypt
The canids present in Egypt in particular were noted to be so much more gray wolf-like than populations elsewhere in Africa that Hemprich and Ehrenberg gave them the binomial name Canis lupaster in 1832.
Child Taxon Of: Canis, Lead, genus
The African wolf (Canis lupaster) is a canine native to North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, northern East Africa, and the Horn of Africa.
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The African wolf (Canis lupaster) is a canine native to North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, northern East Africa, and the Horn of Africa.
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