🐾Golden jackal
Guldschakal (Canis aureus), även kallad schakal, är en art i familjen hunddjur som är nära släkt med vargen. Den delas in i ett antal underarter, och senare års studier har antytt att individerna i Afrika kan tillhöra en annan djurart än exemplaren i Eurasien. Den afrikanska varianten, som är än mer lik varg, föreslås få namnet afrikansk guldvarg (Canis anthus).
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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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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
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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