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Classification
Mammal
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Diet
Carnivore
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Lifespan
8–10 years
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Weight
11–19 kg
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
The Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) is a mammal indigenous to Ethiopia. It inhabits alpine moorlands and afroalpine grasslands above 3,000 meters in the ethiopian highlands.
Habitat
🌿 alpine moorlands and afroalpine grasslands above 3🌿 000 meters in the ethiopian highlands
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Canidae
Genus
Canis
Fun Facts
1
The Ethiopian wolf is the rarest canid in the world and Africa's only wolf species
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They are specialized hunters of the big-headed mole-rat, which makes up about 90% of their diet in the Bale Mountains
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With only about 366 adults remaining, they are one of the most endangered carnivores on the planet
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In Ethiopian culture, the wolf (key kebero, 'red jackal') appears in highland folklore and is a symbol of the unique Bale Mountains ecosystem
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They live in family-based packs with a dominant breeding pair, but hunt alone — unusual among social canids