Ethiopian Wolf - Definition and Overview

The Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis), also known as the Abyssinian Wolf, Simien Jackal or Simien Fox, is one of the rarest and most endangered of all canids, and is found in the Afro-alpine regions of Ethiopia, about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) above sea level. Only about twelve populations, totaling about 550 adults, remain.

Claudio Sillero-Zubiri at the University of Oxford is the zoologist most closely associated with efforts to save this species of wolf, particularly with his work for an oral rabies vaccine to protect them from the disease passed from local dogs. A rabies outbreak in 1990 reduced the largest known population, found in the Bale Mountains National Park, from about 440 wolves to less than 160 in only two weeks.

External links

• Mammalian Species: Canis simensis (http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-485-01-0001.pdf) from The American Society of Mammologists
• WildCRU - Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme (http://www.wildcru.org/research/es/ethiopianwolf/ewcp/ewcp.htm) of the University of Oxford Department of Zoology
• IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group - Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) (http://www.canids.org/SPPACCTS/ethiopn.htm) from the World Conservation Union
• LookSmart - Ethiopian Wolf (http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317836/us317914/us146762/us217721/us10206806/us10008550/) directory category