The golden jackal is a carnivorous mammal found across parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe that hunts small animals and scavenges for food. It matters because it plays an important ecological role as a predator and scavenger in its ecosystems, and its expanding range in some regions has made it increasingly relevant to human-wildlife interactions.
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亞洲胡狼(学名:Canis aureus),又名金豺,是北非及東非、歐洲東南部及南亞至緬甸特有的一種胡狼。牠們最大型的胡狼,唯一生活在非洲以外的地方,其下共有13個已知的亞種。雖然與其他胡狼分類在一起,但牠們其實並非近親,根據基因分析顯示灰狼及郊狼才是其近親。亞洲胡狼的頭顱骨亦與灰狼及郊狼的很相似。 亞洲胡狼曾被認為是家犬的直接祖先,但由於牠們很少與狗接觸,而且有不同的叫聲,故此理論被推翻。
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The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called the common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Eurasia. The golden jackal's coat varies in color from a pale creamy yellow in summer to a dark tawny beige in winter. It is smaller and has shorter legs, a shorter tail, a more elongated torso, a less-prominent forehead, and a narrower and more pointed muzzle than the Arabian wolf. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its widespread distribution and high density in areas with plenty of available food and optimum shelter.
Despite its name, the golden jackal is not closely related to the African black-backed jackal or the side-striped jackal, which are part of the genus Lupulella. It is instead closer to wolves and coyotes. The ancestor of the golden jackal is believed to be the extinct Arno river dog that lived in southern Europe 1.9 million years ago. It is described as having been a small, jackal-like canine. Genetic studies indicate that the golden jackal expanded from India around 20,000 years ago, towards the end of the last Last Glacial Maximum. The oldest golden jackal fossil, found at the Ksar Akil rock shelter near Beirut, Lebanon, is 7,600 years old. The oldest golden jackal fossils in Europe were found in Greece and are 7,000 years old. There are six subspecies of the golden jackal. It is capable of producing fertile hybrids with both the gray wolf and the African wolf. Jackal–dog hybrids called Sulimov dogs are in service at the Sheremetyevo Airport near Moscow, where they are deployed by the Russian airline Aeroflot for scent-detection.
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