African golden wolf


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  1. I saw a link on Go-South about this but it was in Spanish so i'm glad you posted some details....Have just booked to MKesh late-Nov, intend to spend a week around the Draa/Tata and a week Mirleft/Tamri/Ess. Looking forward to it.

    ATB Laurie -

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  2. Very important indeed, but I still can't exclude a Jackal in the picture..how can we make such conclusion based on a single image? Genetic ANALYSIS will certainly bring more info at this regards.
    Cheers

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  3. I am terribly sorry to say this,but i am from the rif mountains originallyn and my pparentd are always talking about the many wolfs and hyenas there were in the rif mountains.so i find this info a bit strange.i have slways known thst there were once wolves in morocco

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    1. Hi,
      Thanks for commenting! This study is a bit old, it refers to the discovery to the scientific community (published in scientific papers), not to the local communities who knew the species of course.
      In Central Rif, we call it "Ouchan aythar" which means "Ferocious Wolf".

      In 2015, the species was given again a new name based on new genetic evidence, it's now known as African golden wolf (Canis anthus), see this study:

      Koepfli et al. 2015. Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species. Current Biology 25: 2158–2165. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060

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