Other predators are found in the region including a relict population of African wild dog " Lycaon pictus " as well as striped hyena " Hyaena hyaena " and golden jackal " Canis aureus ", primarily in the southern portion of the region.
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According to a phylogeny derived from nuclear sequences, the Eurasian golden jackal ( " Canis aureus " ) diverged from the wolf / coyote lineage 1.9 million years ago, and with mitochondrial genome sequences indicating the Ethiopian wolf diverged from this lineage slightly prior to that.
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The animal's wolf-like qualities were confirmed in 2011, when several golden " jackal " populations in Egypt and the Horn of Africa classed as " Canis aureus lupaster " were found to have mtDNA sequences more closely resembling those found in grey wolves than those of golden jackals.
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"' Wucharia "'or "'Wucharia jackal "'is an unrecognized canid species or subspecies ( " Canis aureus lupaster " or " Canis lupus arabs " ), reported from the very dry Danakil Depression desert on the coast of Eritrea in December 2002.
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According to a phylogeny derived from nuclear sequences, the African golden wolf separated from the wolf / coyote clade 1.3 million years ago, while the Eurasian golden jackal, " Canis aureus " diverged 1.9 million years ago and is more distant from these species than is the Ethiopian wolf, as shown below:
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In 1984 " Canis aureus " had reached the Province of Belluno, in 1985 a pack reproduced near Udine ( this group was eliminated in 1987 ), a road-killed jackal was collected in Veneto in 1992, and their presence was then confirmed in the Province of Gorizia and in the hinterland of the Gulf of Trieste.
