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The Ethiopian wolf – an endangered endemic canid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Dada Gottelli  and
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Dada Gottelli
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation International, New York Zoological Society, Bronx 10460, USAandWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology Department, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PSUK.
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation International, New York Zoological Society, Bronx 10460, USAandWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology Department, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PSUK.
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The Ethiopian wolf is a social canid endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia. Today perhaps only 500 individuals survive, making it the world's rarest and probably most endangered canid. Its range has already been reduced and it is threatened by further loss of habitat to high-altitude subsistence agriculture and overgrazing by livestock. Today it survives in only six locations, with the largest and probably only genetically viable population being found in the Bale Mountains National Park. The most immediate threats for the survival of Ethiopian wolves are disease, domestic dogs and human persecution. Improved management in Bale and Simien Mountains National Parks and the establishment of a captive-breeding programme are urgently needed to prevent the extinction of this species.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 205 - 214
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1992

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