In 2015, a analyze recovered mDNA from historical canid specimens which were found on Zhokhov Island as well as Yana river, arctic Siberia. These specimens provided the mandible of the 360,000–four hundred,000 YBP Canis cf. variabilis (the place cf. is a Latin phrase indicating unsure). Phylogenetic analyses of these canids uncovered 9 mDNA haplo