Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 (golden jackal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combination: Lupus aureus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Canis according to D. Geraads 2011

See also Bourguignat 1875, Kurten 1968, Linnaeus 1758, Thomas 1911, van Gelder 1978 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (3), Libya (1), Morocco (8), Niger (1), Sudan (2), Tanzania (1), Turkey (2)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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