12/8/2016 0 Comments Ethiopian wolfThis is the Ethiopian Wolf, one of many species currently listed as endangered with a total population of under 200 adults within the species. These wolves are isolated to 7 mountainous regions in and around Ethiopia and Eastern Africa. These wolves are in serious decline due to how isolated their populations are and the sparceness of their available habitat. These wolves live almost exclusively above 3,200 m in alititude in the Bale Mountain range of Ethiopia. Their biggest threat is habitat destruction and loss of habitat to high altitude farmland, destroying their hunting grounds and also because these wolves are then hunted down by people as nuisances and threats to livestock. They play a vital role in their ecosystem as at this altitude there aren't very many large predators. With the absence of these wolves, herbivores that exist in the mountains will most likely be allowed to grow in population unhindered by any predation. The wolves keep grazer populations lower, meaning farmers also don't have to deal with the grazers eating their crops.
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