Side-striped jackal

The side-striped jackal (Canis adustus or Lupulella adusta) is a canine that comes from central and southern Africa. The side-striped jackal mostly lives in woodland and scrub areas.[3][4]

Canis adustus
Temporal range: Pliocene - recent
On the S131 Road West of Letaba, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. adustus
Binomial name
Canis adustus
(Sundevall, 1847)[2]
Side-striped jackal range

References
  1. Atkinson RPD, Loveridge AJ (2008). "Canis adustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  2. Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
  3. Atkinson RPD, Loveridge AJ (2008). "Canis adustus".
  4. Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.


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