The cryptic African wolf: Canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal and is not endemic to Egypt.
The Egyptian jackal (Canis aureus lupaster) has hitherto been considered a large, rare subspecies of the golden jackal (C. aureus). It has maintained its taxonomical status to date, despite studies demonstrating morphological similarities to the grey wolf (C. lupus). We have analyzed 2055 bp of mito...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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