Ethiopian wolf

The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), is a canid native to the Ethiopian Highlands. It is also known as the Simien jackal or Simien fox. It is similar to the coyote in size. It has a long and narrow skull, and red and white fur. The Ethopian wolf only eats Afroalpine rodents. It only lives in mountain ranges and high altitudes. It is one of the world's rarest canids. It is Africa's most endangered carnivore.

Canis simensis
File:Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis citernii).jpg
Ethiopian wolf on the Sanetti Plateau
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. simensis
Binomial name
Canis simensis Ruppell, 1840
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Ethiopian wolf range
Synonyms
C. crinensis Erlanger and Neumann, 1900 C. semiensis Heuglin, 1862 C. simensis Gray, 1869 C. walgié Heuglin, 1862 C. citernii de Beaux, 1922

The Ethiopian wolf is threatened by increasing human populations, habitat loss through overgrazing, disease and interbreeding from dogs.

Ethiopian Wolf Media

• Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig (1835) Canis simensis.png

  Canis simensis by Friedrich Carl Vogel (from Eduard Rüppell's Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig).

• Powell-Cotton (1902) Canis simensis.png

  Mounted specimen (1902), one of the first post-1835 specimens to reach Europe

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  Dog

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate I)

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate IX)

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate XI)

• Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate X).jpg

  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate X)

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate VI)

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate XLI)

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate XLIV)