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Canis aureus
Linnaeus, 1758
- golden jackal
(mammal)
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Canis (Genus) - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
..Canis adustus (Species) - side-striped jackal
..†Canis arnensis (Species)
..†Canis davisi (Species)
..‡Canis dirus (Species) - dire wolf
..Canis latrans (Species) - coyote
..Canis lupus (Species) - wolf
..Canis mesomelas (Species) - black-backed jackal
..Canis simensis (Species) - Ethiopian wolf
..†Canis vitastensis (Species)
..†Theriodictis (Subgenus)
..Canis aureus (Species) - golden jackal
....Canis aureus algirensis (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus anthus (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus aureus (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus bea (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus cruesemanni (Subspecies)
....†Canis aureus doukkalensis (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus ecsedensis (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus indicus (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus lupaster (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus moreotica (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus naria (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus riparius (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus soudanicus (Subspecies)
....Canis aureus syriacus (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name
:
Kaempf. amoen.: 413, t. 407, f. 3.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 40-41.
Unavailable original rank
:
Unavailable subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Canis aureus aureus
Linnaeus, 1758
Combinations
Different subgeneric combination
:
Canis aureus
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
jakhals
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
golden jackal
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 574.
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