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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
C. kronstadtensis, C. multicuspus, C. ocropus, C. orientalis

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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivores
Diet 2: omnivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat/non-vertebrate group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)s
Created: 2009-01-04 14:17:24
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:17:24
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Canis aureus (39314)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Canis aureus (21886)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Canis aureus (22489)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Canis aureus (21856 21857 21859)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Canis aureus (21865)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Canis aureus (42866 230985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Canis aureus (43008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Algeria (Tamanrasset) Canis aureus (230986)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Canis aureus (21877)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Canis aureus (230984)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Canis aureus (21907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Canis aureus (83304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Canis aureus (208786 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Canis aureus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Morocco Canis aureus (122304)