Golden Jackals and African Wolves

Here is a link to the full paper (be sure to look at supplementary info): http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(15)00787-3

So, African golden jackals are a species different from Asian golden jackals. The African form is synonymous with the recently described African wolf (Canis lupus lupaster), and is now named C. anthus. Both golden jackals look identical, and might be sympatric in Egypt (I wonder if there’s any habitat separation, as the African form seems to be more desert-adapted). But the authors didn’t look at the possible contact zone.

These data are based on nuclear DNA and contradict many recent results based on mtDNA, such as splitting off Indian wolves and the close relationship between Ethiopian wolf and coyote. Just another example showing that splitting species based on mtDNA is not a valid method and such splits should never be accepted.

For me this means having to edit two already accepted papers 🙁