THE POSITION OF JACKALS IN THE CANIS GENUS AND LIFE-HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN JACKAL ( CANIS AUREUS L . ) IN BULGARIA AND ON THE BALKANS NIKOLAI
THE POSITION OF JACKALS IN THE CANIS GENUS AND LIFE-HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN JACKAL ( CANIS AUREUS L . ) IN BULGARIA AND ON THE BALKANS NIKOLAI
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豺狼在犬属中的地位以及保加利亚和巴尔干半岛的金豺 (Canis Aureus L.) 的生活史 尼古拉
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2017
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Jackal Canis
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Jackal Canis
The taxonomy and evolution of genus Canis is not sufficiently elucidated, regardless of the considerable literature and old and contemporary studies on this group which has always attracted interest. This is due to the relatively unknown paleontology of the Canis species, as well as to their morphology, considered familiar. Morphological homogeneity and parallelisms in their evolution are an additional difficulty of their study. Following a long period of relative stability in the views on the systematics of genus Cams and family Canidae new concepts on the relations within these taxons were voiced (L a nggu t h, 1975; 1 u t t n-B r et al., 1976; Van Gel d r, 1978). These concepts are based on classical morphology, as well as new methods of taxonomical analysis. These new and different approaches are however contradictory in their taxonomic conclusions, thus pointing more to weakness of the classification than offering a solution. The opinions on the range of the genus Canis are contradictory(, 1985). According to the unified classification expressed by Van Gel d r (1978) the so far generally accepted genus Canis is given the status of a subgenus within the polytypic genus Canis. The latter includes, according to this view, a number of subgenera, considered commonly as genera of the family Canidae. The classification is based on some data on the hybridization of species of Canidae and the subsequent (rather controversial) concepts on their rank and taxonomic relations. The question of the relationship between Dusicyon and Canis, as well as the taxonomic status of simensis, C. lupaster and C. rufus has not been resolved. At the same time, the idea of the distancing of Canis aureus from wolves and the coyote, and linking it with C. adustus and mesomelas in a common group is not new, however, it remains controversial(,, 1985). Heller (1914) and later Allen (1939), place jackals in a common genus Thos, however the criteria for this are clearly insufficient (C 1 u t t n-B rock et al., 1976). (1931) places C. aureus in a separate subgenus. n p et al. (1967), and later GluttonBrock et al. (1976), note that the features of aureus make it the most typical representative of the genus. This gives ground to the opinion, that the species of the genus are too close and uni-typic to be placed in separate subgenera ( T H p et al., 1967). (in print) believes