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TIL among the most endangered species, three reside in Ethiopia, the walia ibex of the Simien Mountains, the mountain nyala (a kind of antelope), and the Simien jackal. All three species are found in the Western & Eastern highlands in numbers ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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