The jackal that turned into a wolf: new species discovered in Africa

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisJul 31, 2015, 1:22 pm862 ptsInteresting
There's another wolf in the world, according to results published yesterday in Current Biology. The discovery of the species, called the African golden wolf (Canis anthus), effectively increases the number of living canid species from 35 to 36. Golden wolves were previously lumped with golden jackals (C.…

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