雜色狼

雜色狼
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	哺乳綱 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	犬科 Canidae
屬：	犬屬 Canis
種：	非洲金狼 C. lupaster
亞種：	雜色狼 C. l. soudanicus
三名法
	Canis lupaster soudanicus; Thomas, 1903
異名
	doederleini (Hilzheimer, 1906); nubianus (Cabrera, 1921); thooides (Hilzheimer, 1906); variegatus (Cretzschmar, 1826)

雜色狼（學名：Canis lupaster soudanicus），也被稱為努比亞狼，是一個原產於蘇丹和索馬里的金狼亞種。它比埃及金狼更小、更輕，肩部38厘米（15英寸），長102厘米（40英寸）。與較為接近狼的埃及金狼相比，雜色狼更像灰狗。耳朵比埃及狼的稍大，身體顏色通常為蒼白的石色，有黑色的斑點^[1]。它的主要棲息地在岩石組成的地區，以小型哺乳動物和鳥類為食^[2]。在埃塞俄比亞帝國高地海拔高達5000英尺的地方首次發現^[3]。

參考文獻

^ The game animals of Africa (1908) by Richard Lydekker, published by London, R. Ward, limited
^ The natural history of dogs : canidae or genus canis of authors ; including also the genera hyaena and proteles (1839) by Charles Hamilton Smith and Sir William Jardine, published by Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars
^ A monograph of the canidae by St. George Mivart, F.R.S, published by Alere Flammam. 1890

[lydekker-1] The game animals of Africa (1908) by Richard Lydekker, published by London, R. Ward, limited

[smith-2] The natural history of dogs : canidae or genus canis of authors ; including also the genera hyaena and proteles (1839) by Charles Hamilton Smith and Sir William Jardine, published by Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars

[3] A monograph of the canidae by St. George Mivart, F.R.S, published by Alere Flammam. 1890

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