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Animal sighted in Eritrea, likely to be the new species of African wolf. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Oxford)
ScienceDaily (Jan. 31, 2011) — Scientists studying genetic evidence have discovered a new species of wolf living in Africa.
The discovery, by a team from Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), the University of Oslo, and Addis Ababa University, shows that the mysterious animal know as the "Egyptian jackal" is actually a grey wolf. They explain that grey wolf 3 millions ago were first in Africa before spreading to the north part of the Earth. Professor David Macdonald director of Oxford University's WildCRU, said " A wolf in Africa is not only important conservation news, but raises fascinating biological questions about how the new African wolf evolved and lived alongside not only the real golden jackals but also the vanishingly rare Ethiopian wolf, which is a very different species with which the new discovery should not be confused."
Professor Claudio Sillero, also of the WildCRU, who has worked in Ethiopia for more than two decades, said: 'This discovery contributes to our understanding of the biogeography of Afroalpine fauna, an assemblage of species with African and Eurasian ancestry which evolved. This discovery is a very important because the genetics of this species is new there is no DNA like this gray wolf. Also this may help scientific research about genetics, and evolution. Since this wolf is so rare, scientist encourage the protection and also the change of the name.
I found this article interesting because it talks about genetics which something that in class we are studying in class, not only that also because is about something new that we the humans found and new things are always interesting and is good to know about it.
In our life new things are something that everybody want to know about it. A new type of wolf in Africa is like a super cool found and it shows how cool, interesting and that Earth has lot of surprises and in order to see them we need to take care of it.
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