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The Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus), also known as the Himalayan jackal, is a subspecies of golden jackal native to Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Burma and Nepal. Its karyotype is quite different (2N=78; NF=84) from that of its Eurasian and African counterparts (2N=80).
The Sri Lankan jackal (Canis aureus naria), also known as the Southern Indian jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to southern India and Sri Lanka.On the Asian mainland, the Sri Lankan jackal occurs in the whole southern part of the Indian peninsula, from Thana near Bombay in the northwest southwards through the Western Ghats, Mysore, the Eastern Ghats and Madura.
Jackals are canids native to Africa and Eurasia.While the word "jackal" has historically been used for many canines of the subtribe canina, in modern use it most commonly refers to three species: the closely related black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) and side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta) of Central and Southern Africa, and the golden jackal (Canis aureus) of south-central Europe ...
Indian jackal (C. a. indicus) feeding on chital carcass in Pench National Park. The golden jackal fills much the same ecological niche in Eurasia as the coyote does in North America; [80] it is both a predator and a scavenger, [81] and an omnivorous
The protected area consists of a mixture of moist and dry tropical deciduous forests.Major fauna include sambar deer, gaur, barking deer, sloth bear, wild boar, Indian jackal, striped hyena, and Indian wild buffalo.
Golden jackal (Canis aureus) Linnaeus, 1758 [8] ... Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London;
Indian jackal; S. Sri Lankan jackal This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 15:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
an illustration of a variant of the tale. The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal is a popular Indian folklore with a long history and many variants. The earliest record of the folklore was included in the Panchatantra, which dates the story between 200 BCE and 300 CE.