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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet the First New Canine Found in 150 Years
Golden jackals of Africa and Eurasia are actually two distantly related speciesand one is a new species of wolf, a new study shows.Let's hope they flourish before man decides to hunt them into extinction.
"Jackals, the tricksters of traditional folklore, have fooled us yet again.
The golden jackal, which lives in East Africa and Eurasia, is actually two distantly related speciesand one of them is a new species of wolf, a new study says. (Also see "Wolves Identified by Unique Howls, May Help Rare Species."
Dubbed the African golden wolf, it's the first new species of canida group that includes wolves, coyotes, and jackalsdiscovered in 150 years. Africa is also home to two other wolf species, the gray wolf and Ethiopian wolf. (Read "Africa's Last Wolves" in National Geographic magazine.)
Though golden jackals look mostly the samethe Eurasian animals are slightly smaller than the African ones, with a narrower skull and slightly weaker teethin-depth analysis of their DNA revealed two species that have evolved separately for millennia..."
More: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150730-jackals-wolves-evolution-new-species-animals-africa/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20150731news-wolf&utm_campaign=Content&sf11516048=1
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Meet the First New Canine Found in 150 Years (Original Post)
Contrary1
Jul 2015
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)1. Awww!
Very cute!
snooper2
(30,151 posts)5. till they get hungry!
mahina
(17,702 posts)2. Abby. There's a jackal in the room.
Last edited Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:58 AM - Edit history (1)
Tip of the hat to Mike Birbiglesby.
dembotoz
(16,842 posts)3. initial reaction is wonder if it can be domesticated which is exactly the wrong reaction
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)4. The cuteness!1 n/t