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Caption: Arabian Wolf The smallest size wolf known

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Caption: The Arabian wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf which lives on the Arabian Peninsula. It is the smallest size wolf known. It is a desert adapted wolf that normally lives in small groups and is omnivorous, eating carrion and garbage as well as small to medium size prey.

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Caption: Once through to possibly be c.l. Pallipes ( the Indian wolf) the Arabian Wolf was designated canis Lupus arabs. It is rated to have a smaller skull and smaller size. A 2014 study suggests that genetically the Arabian wolf is closer to c.l. lupus than it is to c.l.pallipes and supports the subspecies designation c.l. arabs. There has been admixture with domestic dogs but it is unclear whether this is why this wolf is generally closer to c.l. lupus. This raises a concern of extinction by hybridization as Arabian wolves are more adapted to desert life than wolf/dog hybrids. In Israel and the Palestinian Territories

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Caption: there is some disagreement as to the exact taxonomic status of wolves. Some scientists hold that two subspecies of Wolf are present - c.l. Pallipes in the northern parts and c.l. arabs in the south. They point out that the southern wolves are smaller than their northern wolves which are also darker and have longer fur. Other scientists consider the wolf in the area to be c.l. arabs with no real distinction between northern and southern wolves. As in other countries there is interbreeding with feral dog’s which adds an element of uncertainty.

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Caption: The Arabian wolf is small for Canis lupus. It stands on average 22-26 in. at the shoulder and weighs 45 lbs. Arabian wolves are mainly carnivores, but also omnivorous, and in some areas largely dependent on human garbage and excess rodents, small ungulates, cats, sweet fruits, roadkill and other carrion, fish, baboons and livestock..

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