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Canis aureus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183817

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Golden Jackal [English]
 
    Eurasian Golden Jackal [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyCanidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves  
                                        GenusCanis Linnaeus, 1758 – dogs, foxes, jackals  
                                           SpeciesCanis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 – Golden Jackal, Eurasian Golden Jackal  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus algirensis Wagner, 1841  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus aureus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus bea Heller, 1914  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus cruesemanni Matschie, 1900  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus ecsedensis (Kretzoi, 1947)  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus indicus Hodgson, 1833  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus moreotica I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1835  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus naria Wroughton, 1916  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus qattarensis Saleh and Basuony, 2014  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus riparius Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus soudanicus Thomas, 1903  
                                              Subspecies Canis aureus syriacus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Canis aureus    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Canis aureus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Canis aureus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, John Pollinger, Raquel Godinho, Jacqueline Robinson, Amanda Lea, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals are Distinct Species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Current Biology, vol. 25   
  Page(s): 2158-2165   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0960-9822   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060   
  Reference for: Canis aureus, Eurasian Golden Jackal [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Canis aureus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Canis aureus, Golden Jackal [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Canis aureus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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