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2024
Canis_aureus
Canis aureus
Translingual
Canis aureus naria
Proper noun
Canis
aureus
m
A taxonomic
species
within the
family
Canidae
– the
golden jackal
.
Usage notes
Recent work suggests that African and Eurasian golden jackals are of different species,
Canis aureus
being the
Eurasian golden jackal
and the African golden jackals, being more
lupine
genetically, have been named
African golden wolf
(
Canis anthus
).
Hypernyms
(
species
)
:
Canidae
- family;
Caninae
- subfamily;
Canini
- tribe;
Canis
- genus
Hyponyms
(
species
)
:
Canis aureus aureus
,
Canis aureus algirensis
,
Canis aureus anthus
,
Canis aureus bea
,
Canis aureus cruesemanni
,
Canis aureus ecsedensis
,
Canis aureus indicus
,
Canis aureus lupaster
,
Canis aureus moreotica
,
Canis aureus naria
,
Canis aureus riparius
,
Canis aureus soudanicus
,
Canis aureus syriacus
- subspecies
Etymology
Latin
canis
(
“
dog
”
)
+
aureus
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