杂色狼
杂色狼 | |
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科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 哺乳纲 Mammalia |
目: | 食肉目 Carnivora |
科: | 犬科 Canidae |
属: | 犬属 Canis |
种: | 非洲金狼 C. lupaster
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亚种: | 杂色狼 C. l. soudanicus
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三名法 | |
Canis lupaster soudanicus Thomas, 1903
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异名 | |
doederleini (Hilzheimer, 1906) |
杂色狼(学名:Canis lupaster soudanicus),也被称为努比亚狼,是一个原产于苏丹和索马里的金狼亚种。它比埃及金狼更小、更轻,肩部38厘米(15英寸),长102厘米(40英寸)。与较为接近狼的埃及金狼相比,杂色狼更像灰狗。耳朵比埃及狼的稍大,身体颜色通常为苍白的石色,有黑色的斑点[1]。它的主要栖息地在岩石组成的地区,以小型哺乳动物和鸟类为食[2]。在埃塞俄比亚帝国高地海拔高达5000英尺的地方首次发现[3]。
参考文献
- ^ 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