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It primarily resides in wooded areas, unlike other jackal species. It is the least aggressive of the jackals, rarely preying on large mammals. [15] Central and southern Africa Golden jackal Canis aureus: Linnaeus, 1758 The largest and most widespread of the jackals, it is more closely related to wolves than to African jackal species.
His botanical classification and sexual system were used well into the nineteenth century. [4] Within each class were several orders. This system is based on the number and arrangement of male and female organs. [5] Key to the Sexual System (from the 10th, 1758, edition of the Systema Naturae) Kalmia is classified according to Linnaeus' sexual ...
The genus Canis (Carl Linnaeus, 1758) was published in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae [2] and included the dog-like carnivores: the domestic dog, wolves, coyotes and jackals. All species within Canis are phylogenetically closely related with 78 chromosomes and can potentially interbreed . [ 4 ]
Systema Naturae (originally in Latin written Systema Naturæ with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomenclature, was partially developed by the Bauhin brothers, Gaspard and ...
Within the wolf-like canids is the jackal group, which includes the three jackals: the black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomela), the side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta), and the golden jackal (Canis aureus). These three species are approximately the same size, possess similar dental and skeletal morphology, and are identified from each other ...
lupus Linnaeus, 1758: C. l. lupus Eurasian wolf (nominate subspecies) Linnaeus, 1758 [36] Generally a large subspecies with rusty ocherous or light gray fur. [37] Has the largest range among wolf subspecies and is the most common subspecies in Europe and Asia, ranging through Western Europe, Scandinavia, the Caucasus, Russia, China, and Mongolia.
Nunneley 1837 established Limax maculatus (Gastropoda), Wiktor 2001 classified it as a junior synonym of Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 from S and W Europe. Limax maximus was established first, so if Wiktor's 2001 classification is accepted, Limax maximus takes precedence over Limax maculatus and must be used for the species.
Title page of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.