🐾Golden jackal
De goudjakhals of gewone jakhals (Canis aureus), soms ook goudwolf of rietwolf genoemd, is een middelgrote hondachtige uit het geslacht Canis. Ondanks zijn naam is hij niet zeer nauw verwant aan de zadeljakhals (Lupulella mesomelas) en de gestreepte jakhals (Lupulella adustus), maar staat hij dichter bij de iets forsere coyote (Canis latrans) en de veel grotere wolf (Canis lupus). De soort wordt aangetroffen in grote delen van het Arabisch Schiereiland, Klein-Azië, het Indisch subcontinent, Sri Lanka en Europa. Hoewel de goudjakhals oorspronkelijk vooral in Oost-Europa voorkwam, laat hij zich als zwerfgast ook in Nederland en onder andere Duitsland en Denemarken zien.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 11 kg
- Body length
- 0.94 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 19 years
Everything we know about the Golden jackal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass11 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 11 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.94 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass75 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan19 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5.85 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 63 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range2.95 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.4 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l11 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Golden jackal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCanis
- ›speciesCanis aureus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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