Evolution

Wolves have been known to be roaming the planet for almost 1 million years when they were much smaller in size almost like a dog. However the Ethiopian wolf has been roaming around as recently as 100,000 years and have been found to have a shared ancestral character with gray wolf and coyotes. They fall under the genus Canis because of the close dog-like carnivores. Ethiopian wolf evolved from a gray wolf ancestor that migration landed it to the Ethiopia area from Eurasian territory. The low genetic variation lead to the recent evolution of this species because of its small population. One of the ways Ethiopian wolves evolved in this new land can be found in the skull structure that is similar to other wolves but adapted in order to allow the Ethiopian wolf to hunt for rodents. This change is having a super long muzzle with spaced out teeth in order to reach in rodent holes and capture their prey.