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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Canidae
--> GENUS Canis
SPECIES Canis simensis
| Author: | Rüppell, 1840. | | Citation: | Neue Wirbelt. Fauna Abyssin. Gehörig. Säugeth., 1: p. 39, pl. 14. | | Common Name: | Ethiopian Wolf | | Type Locality: | "Wir beobachteten diesen wolfsartigen Hund in den Bergen von Simen..." [Ethiopia, mountains of Simen]. | | Distribution: | C Ethiopia. | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Sometimes placed in subgenus Simenia Gray, 1868. Reviewed by Sillero-Zubiri and Gottelli (1994). |
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