ArthurTiutenko

Thanks, bayucca! It's similar indeed. I didn't know that the Cuban species is different one.

Lovely portrait.

However, it can see very far - compared to its body size. They don't allow to approach them closer than 5-6 m, but usually even 10 or more - depending on how quick you are moving.

I think the ears are just so tiny.

Beautiful photograph!

Thank you. I am glad you like it.

These are two of a few images that I shot in southern Ethiopia last month. It is a photography project of mine that I started this year and am going to continue for the next 2 years. I plan to photograph this species in various parts or its distribution area. This time I was in Bale Mountains where the largest population of the Ethiopian Wolves live - over 200, i.e. almost a half of the remaining world population. It is the easiest to locate these animals there.

As with most canids, the Ethiopian Wolves are quite difficult to approach. Usually they don't allow to come closer than 100-150 m to them. To achieve these particular images I had three days of trials and errors: I was hiding at various places where the wolves were regularly coming to - in the morning and in the evening.

Thanks! Done.