Hello. Sorry if this is probably the wrong category for this kind of topic (and also if this topic is kind of strange). I am just a bit curious…
So I know the Aardwolf species (Proteles cristata) is labeled Least Concern by the IUCN but more recently it’s found out that there could be two distinct albeit closely related aardwolf species (Southern Aardwolf being Proteles cristata and Eastern one being Proteles septentrionalis). This is reflected on the iNaturalist website, though I’ve noticed that only the southern species is rated as LC and there’s no status for the eastern one. As well, I’ve noticed Eastern aardwolves have much less observations than the Southern one.
So in case anyone may have an idea about this, is the eastern population also stable or could it be they might be endangered?