Living alongside Ethiopian Wolves

Video taken 2007-2008 while working as a research assistant studying a band of gelada monkeys. During that time I lived in a tent on an Afro-alpine grassland and saw these wolves regularly.

The Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) is an endangered species of wolf endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia. Their total population fluctuates around 500 individuals which are spread across several sub-populations. The largest sub-population, about 250, is resident in Bale Mountains National Park south of Addis Ababa. The wolves in this video are from a less well known population in the central Ethiopian highlands (Menz region) from an area called the Guassa. This is one of the few areas of wolf and gelada monkey (Theropithecus gelada) overlap. The altitude of this populations range is around 3,500m (~11,500 ft) asl...

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Pets & Animals

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• Ethiopian wolf
• wolf
• Canis simensis
• Guassa
• gelada
• Theropithecus gelada
• Ethiopia

[roullettechick]

thanks for sharing! I would like to go here in about a year to stay for about a month, would you be so kind to share any tips on how to arrange such a thing or tips??thanks