A wolf in Africa has passed through the scientific world for many years

Wolf is famous for being a mischievous species. Perhaps, this has caused a species of this species to accidentally fall out of the eyes of scientists during the past time.

Discovered new African wolf species

According to Guardian, scientists in Africa have identified a type of golden jackal , belonging to the wolf race . From the results of DNA analysis, the authors have published the shocking study in Current Biology: African Golden Forest Dogs, branches separated from Eurasia species about a million years ago, have very similar genes to gray wolves. - although there are no gray wolves in Africa, they have very few physical characteristics.

Genetic analysis showed that the African yellow dog is wolf-like.

The scientific community did not pay close attention to the jackals and traditional taxonomists only recognized three species: black-backed jackals, side-striped jackals and golden jackals. All three species are considered to be characteristic of Africa and have long been linked closely with observations of physical characteristics. However, after analyzing genetic characteristics, it is impossible to deny the information published above.

Although African golden jackals look very much like their Eurasian ' cousins '. However, the analysis shows that they are actually a separate species. African golden jackal is a branch separated from the gray wolf from about 1.3 million years ago. Scientists want to name this species the African golden wolf , also known as Canis anthus.

There is still much to learn about the different populations of jackals and researchers are just beginning to classify them from recent genetic data.