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Canis adustus

(Side-Striped Jackal)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Side-Striped Jackal

Description

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,221 meters (0 to 7,287 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: Side-striped jackals occupy a range of habitats , from game areas through farmland to towns within the broad-leaved savannah zones, including wooded habitats, bush , grassland, abandoned cultivation, marshes and montane habitats up to 2,700 m (Kingdon 1977, 1997; Estes 1991). The species tends to avoid very open savannah (although Rowe-Rowe (1992) mentions they occur in open grassland in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal), thickly wooded areas and arid zones (Stuart and Stuart 1988, Skinner and Smithers 1990, Kingdon 1997), but Kingdon (1997) states that it enters the equatorial forest belt in the wake of human settlement . Side-striped jackals frequently occur near rural dwellings and farm buildings (Skinner and Smithers 1990, Kingdon 1997), and penetrate peri-urban and urban areas (Liebenberg 1990, Skinner and Smithers 1990). In Botswana, Smithers (1971) recorded them where mean annual rainfall was 400–700 mm, and many authors note that the species occurs in well-watered areas (e.g. , Kingdon 1977, Skinner and Smithers 1990). Where side-striped jackals occur sympatrically with golden and black-backed jackals, they may avoid competition by ecological segregation (Fuller et al. 1989). In such areas of sympatry, side-striped jackals usually occupy areas of denser vegetation, while black-backed and golden jackals dominate in the more open areas (Loveridge 1999, Loveridge and Macdonald 2003).[2]


List of Habitats:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 2.1Savanna - Dry 3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land 14.5Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Canis

There are approximately 174 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. adustus (Side-Striped Jackal) · C. adustus adustus (Side-Striped Jackal) · C. adustus bweha · C. africanus · C. alpinus · C. ameghinoi · C. anthus · C. anthus soudanicus · C. apolloniensis · C. armbrusteri · C. arnensis · C. aureus (Asiatic Jackal) · C. aureus algirensis · C. aureus anthus · C. aureus aureus (Golden Jackal) · C. aureus bea · C. aureus indicus · C. aureus indinus · C. aureus lanka · C. aureus lupaster · C. aureus naria · C. aureus riparius · C. aureus soudanicus · C. aureus syriacus · C. avus · C. brachyurus · C. brevirostris · C. cedazoensis · C. cf · C. chama · C. chanco · C. cinereo argenteus · C. cipio · C. corsac · C. crocuta · C. culpaeus · C. davisi · C. dingo · C. dirus · C. dukhunensis · C. edwardii · C. entrerianus · C. etruscus · C. falconeri · C. familaris · C. familiaris · C. familiaris dingo · C. familiaris halstromi · C. familiaris matris-optimae · C. ferox · C. gezi · C. gracilis · C. himalaicus · C. hodophilax · C. hyaena · C. indicus · C. irvingtonensis · C. kokree · C. kuruksaensis · C. lagopus spitzbergenensis · C. lateralis · C. latran · C. latrans (American Jackal) · C. latrans cagottis · C. latrans clepticus (Coyote) · C. latrans dickeyi · C. latrans frustor · C. latrans frustror · C. latrans goldmani · C. latrans hondurensis · C. latrans impavidus · C. latrans incolatus · C. latrans jamesi · C. latrans latrans (Coyote) · C. latrans lestas · C. latrans lestes · C. latrans mearnsi · C. latrans microdon · C. latrans ochropus · C. latrans orcutti · C. latrans peninsulae · C. latrans texensis · C. latrans thamnos · C. latrans umpquensis · C. latrans vigilis · C. latrans x · C. lepophagus · C. lupaster · C. lupes · C. lupis · C. lupis baileyi (Mexican Wolf) · C. lupus (Domestic Dog (Feral)) · C. lupus alces · C. lupus arabs · C. lupus arctos (Arctic Wolf) · C. lupus bailey · C. lupus baileyi (Mexican Gray Wolf) · C. lupus beothucus (Newfoundland Wolf) · C. lupus bernardi · C. lupus campestris

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = 627.470 meters (2,058.629 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,488.040 based on 19 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  2. Atkinson, R.P.D. & Loveridge, A.J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-04-24