🐺African golden wolf
金狼(Canis lupaster)是原产于北非,西非,萨赫勒,东非北部和非洲之角的犬科动物。它是由72%灰狼(Canis lupus)和28%埃塞狼(Canis simensis)血统遗传混合的后代。在IUCN红色名单上它被列为无危物种。在阿特拉斯山脉,其分布的最高海拔可达1,800米(5,900英尺)。它主要是一种积极的捕食者,猎物体型从无脊椎动物到瞪羚幼崽体型的哺乳动物,有时甚至会捕食更大的动物。金狼的食性还包括动物尸体、人类垃圾和植物果实。金狼是一夫一妻制和领地性物种;较年长的幼崽仍留在家庭中帮助养育其父母更新一代的幼崽。 金狼过去被视为亚洲胡狼的非洲种群,其至少一个亚种(C. a. lupaster)曾被归类为灰狼的亚种。在2015年,对该物种的线粒体DNA和核基因组进行了一系列分析结果表明,它实际上与亚洲胡狼不同,并且与灰狼、埃塞狼和郊狼密切相关。尽管如此,正如以色列19世纪的圈养杂交实验所表明的那样,它与亚洲胡狼仍为近亲,能够杂交并产出后代。 金狼在某些非洲文化中扮演着重要作用。在北非的民间传说中,它被视为一种不可信赖的动物,其身体部位可用于医疗或仪式目的。在塞内加尔的Serer宗教中,金狼受到高度的重视,被认为是由鲁格神创造的第一种动物。
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IUCN Red List assessment.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCanis
- ›speciesCanis anthus
- 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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