| 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 mitochondrial dna from c. a. lupaster and investigated the similarity to c. aureus and c. lupus. through phylogenetic comparison with all wild wolf-like canids (based on 726 bp of the cytochrome b gene) w ... | 2011 | 21298107 |
| snow leopard and himalayan wolf: food habits and prey selection in the central himalayas, nepal. | top carnivores play an important role in maintaining energy flow and functioning of the ecosystem, and a clear understanding of their diets and foraging strategies is essential for developing effective conservation strategies. in this paper, we compared diets and prey selection of snow leopards and wolves based on analyses of genotyped scats (snow leopards n = 182, wolves n = 57), collected within 26 sampling grid cells (5×5 km) that were distributed across a vast landscape of ca 5000 km2 in the ... | 2017 | 28178279 |
| ancient himalayan wolf (canis lupus chanco) lineage in upper mustang of the annapurna conservation area, nepal. | the taxonomic status of the wolf (canis lupus) in nepal's trans-himalaya is poorly understood. recent genetic studies have revealed the existence of three lineages of wolves in the indian sub-continent. of these, the himalayan wolf, canis lupus chanco, has been reported to be the most ancient lineage historically distributed within the nepal himalaya. these wolves residing in the trans-himalayan region have been suggested to be smaller and very different from the european wolf. during october 20 ... | 2016 | 27199590 |
| phylogenetic evidence for the ancient himalayan wolf: towards a clarification of its taxonomic status based on genetic sampling from western nepal. | wolves in the himalayan region form a monophyletic lineage distinct from the present-day holarctic grey wolf canis lupus spp. (linnaeus 1758) found across eurasia and north america. here, we analyse phylogenetic relationships and the geographic distribution of mitochondrial dna haplotypes of the contemporary himalayan wolf (proposed in previous studies as canis himalayensis) found in central asia. we combine genetic data from a living himalayan wolf population collected in northwestern nepal in ... | 2017 | 28680672 |
| howl variation across himalayan, north african, indian, and holarctic wolf clades: tracing divergence in the world's oldest wolf lineages using acoustics. | vocal divergence within species often corresponds to morphological, environmental, and genetic differences between populations. wolf howls are long-range signals that encode individual, group, and subspecies differences, yet the factors that may drive this variation are poorly understood. furthermore, the taxonomic division within the canis genus remains contended and additional data are required to clarify the position of the himalayan, north african, and indian wolves within canis lupus. we re ... | 2017 | 29491993 |