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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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SUBSPECIES simensis

SUBSPECIES citernii

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