Canis aureus

Linnaeus, 1758

Golden Jackal

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Canoidea
Family : Canidae
Genus : Canis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033832

Original name as described

Canis aureus

Other common names

Asiatic Jackal · Common Jackal

Type locality

Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Italy · Austria · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Romania · Serbia · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Bulgaria · Greece · Turkey · Ukraine · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Egypt? · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · Iraq · Kuwait · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Bahrain · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. lupaster

Taxonomy notes citation

Rueness, E. K., Asmyhr, M. G., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Macdonald, D. W., Bekele, A., Atickem, A., & Stenseth, N. C. (2011). The cryptic African wolf: Canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal and is not endemic to Egypt. PLoS One, 6(1), e16385. · Viranta, S., Atickem, A., Werdelin, L., & Stenseth, N. C. (2017). Rediscovering a forgotten canid species. BMC Zoology, 2(1), 6.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005939

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Canis aureus indicus

Hodgson, 1833

Family

Canidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/985adf6f-90a6-4a89-ad44-a60d76ed2fd9

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Asiatic Researches

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis indicus kola

Wroughton, 1916

Family

Canidae

Root name

kola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.16.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30b1d940-dc23-4ea2-8875-17088f288918

Authority page

651

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152248

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lanka

Wroughton, 1916

Family

Canidae

Root name

lanka

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.16.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c1bf3d68-0952-48f7-ac7a-ee1b3de813c6

Authority page

652

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152249

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis naria

Wroughton, 1916

Family

Canidae

Root name

naria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.16.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5a938f42-9832-4a31-995c-9a4077002a57

Authority page

651

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152248

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Canis aureus hungaricus

Éhik, 1938

Family

Canidae

Root name

hungaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 4097

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11, 13

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis hadramauticus

Noack, 1896

Family

Canidae

Root name

hadramauticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 8326, ZMB 8327

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9900990

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus dalmatinus

Fitzinger, 1855

Family

Canidae

Root name

dalmatinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Fitzinger (1855:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Canis aureus graecus

Fitzinger, 1855

Family

Canidae

Root name

graecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Fitzinger (1855:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Lupulus aureus

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Canidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949449

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Canis aureus aureus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus cruesemanni

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

cruesemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus ecsedensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

ecsedensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus naria

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

naria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus syriacus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Canidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033832

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:571, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Thunberg (1811:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  5. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  6. Lesson (1827:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  8. Lesson (1842:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  9. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  10. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  11. Kelaart (1852:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  12. Fitzinger (1855:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  13. Blyth (1863:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  14. Stoliczka (1872:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  15. Kelaart (1890:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  16. Coetzee (1971:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  17. Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  18. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  19. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  21. Geraads (2011:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11706)
  22. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  25. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  26. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/118264161/163507876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Thos vulgaris

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Canidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

1038

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375785

Authority publication

Jena

Canis syriacus

Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Family

Canidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Berlin

Canis aureus var. moreotica

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1835

Family

Canidae

Root name

moreoticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis dalmatinus

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Canidae

Root name

dalmatinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31063012

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis graecus

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Canidae

Root name

graecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31063012

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus vulgaris

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Canidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31063012

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Sacalius Oxygoüs

(Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Canidae

Root name

oxygous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405521

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Canis aureus typicus oder var. caucasica

F. A. Kolenati, 1858

Family

Canidae

Root name

caucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus typicus

F. A. Kolenati, 1858

Family

Canidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis aureus balcanicus

Brusina, 1892

Family

Canidae

Root name

balcanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Glasnik Hrvatskoga Naravoslovnoga Drustva, Zagreb

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus minor

Mojsisovico, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis cruesemanni

Matschie, 1900

Family

Canidae

Root name

cruesemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797151

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Thos aureus ecsedensis

(M. Kretzoi, 1947)

Family

Canidae

Root name

ecsedensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

287

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

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