The Cryptic African Wolf: Canis aureus lupaster Is Not a Golden Jackal and Is Not Endemic to Egypt

Eli Knispel Rueness; Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr; Claudio Sillero-Zubiri; David W. Macdonald; Afework Bekele; Anagaw Atickem; Nils Chr. Stenseth

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016385

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The Cryptic African Wolf: Canis aureus lupaster Is Not a Golden Jackal and Is Not Endemic to Egypt

Eli Knispel Rueness,

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr,

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Claudio Sillero-Zubiri,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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David W. Macdonald,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Afework Bekele,

Affiliation Biology Department, Science Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Anagaw Atickem,

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Nils Chr. Stenseth

* E-mail: n.c.stenseth@bio.uio.no

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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The Cryptic African Wolf: Canis aureus lupaster Is Not a Golden Jackal and Is Not Endemic to Egypt

Eli Knispel Rueness,
Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr,
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri,
David W. Macdonald,
Afework Bekele,
Anagaw Atickem,
Nils Chr. Stenseth

Published: January 26, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016385

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Not an Egypt endemic

Posted by martino on 23 May 2011 at 09:47 GMT

While the paper has an extraordinary interest for African biogeography and wildlife conservation, I think it is necessary to stress that Canis lupaster was often considered a valid species before 1950's. This because it was sympatric with smaller golden jackals in Western Libya. So, it has never been an Egypt endemic.

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