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SPECIES Canis aureus

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 40.
Common Name:Golden Jackal
Type Locality:"oriente", restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Benná Mts., Laristan, S. Persia" [Iran].
Distribution:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burma, Chad, Coatia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudia Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Yemen.
Status:CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Synonyms allocated according to G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).
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