They were not really a different species, more like a different race/tribe. I actually think it was a nice touch, and here's why: when was the last time you saw a movie when two aliens of the same species speak a different language and/or dress differently and/or look slightly different? I'm guessing never. Human beings from different parts of Earth have adapted differently to their slightly differing environments and therefore look different and have different cultures. In sci-fi movies, however, there is this unwritten rule that any one alien species must always have one monolithic culture, speak one universal language, look the same, etc. Strikes me as a bit boring and unlikely.
What Predators does in an interesting way is have the aliens living in a tribal culture. They're not the most multicultural species and therefore have various alliances and blood rivalries between their tribes. They tend not to breed with members of different tribes to their own, therefore each tribe has different racial traits that are unique to that tribe. What you see happening between the "wolf predators" and the "classic predators" is just a spot of old-fashioned racial hatred.
Also, I disagree that Stan Winston is being disrespected by the film-makers. This is actually the first of the sequels to re-introduce Winston's original, unaltered Predator design, as a tribute specifically to him. None of the sequels, not even Predator 2, followed this design closely at all. I know where you're coming from, but it's not like the design was actually replaced, just complimented by new ones in addition to it.
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