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Canis aureus (golden jackal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis aureus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lupus aureus by Bourguignat (1875).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Canis aureus Linnaeus p. 40
1875Lupus aureus Bourguignat
1911Canis aureus Thomas p. 135
1968Canis aureus Kurten p. 111
1978Canis aureus van Gelder
2008Canis aureus Wang et al.
2011Canis aureus Geraads

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesaureus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 [golden jackal]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available