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The most substantial numbers remain in Turkey (>5,000), where it still
occurs across 75 per cent of its former range, and Iran with >1,000
wolves over about 80 per cent of its former range. Some records
indicate that the Grey Wolf once occurred in Egypt and Libya and
possibly down the Red Sea Hills to Sudan. Some authorities claim that
the Golden Jackal subspecies C. a. lupaster is in fact a subspecies of
wolf.
Conservation Areas Harrat al-Harrah NR, Hawtat Bani Tamins NR,
Raydah Escarpment NR (Saudi Arabia); Jabal Samhan NP (Oman);
Judean Desert NR, North Arava NR (Israel); Azraq Oasis WR, Wadi
Dana-Finan WR (Jordan); Kavir NP, Golestan NP, Tandourel NP (Iran:
occurs in at least 12 other reserves).
Similar Species The Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) once ranged across
much of the Sahel, and southern fringes of the Sahara on occasion,
from Mauritania to Sudan, ranging north into southern Algeria and
possibly other North African countries. The Algerian records were
largely associated with the area around the Ahaggar massif. Two wild
dogs were shot in 1928 in south-western Algeria. The few surviving
populations now occur well to the south, but given their wide-ranging
habit occasional sightings are still possible.