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the local Canis lupus pallipes and Canis lupus arabs. Whereas the lengths of the os penis of three Canis lupus pallipes were 79.7, 81.1 and 81.5 mm., the measurements for two Canis lupus arabs were only 68.0 and 69.3 mm. Wolf size apparently is more influenced by rainfall than by temperature. There is no size difference between wolves from the hot rift valley (mean greater than 23°C) and those from the much cooler Naqab Highlands (mean less than 19°C); rainfall is similar in both areas (Mendelssohn I982, Khalaf-von Jaffa 1990). Nothing is known about the relations between Canis lupus pallipes and Canis lupus arabs, that occur together in the southern Wadi Araba in areas with less th [?
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