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Canis mesomelas

Description

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 kilometers.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5219216https://www.gbif.org/species/5219216
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)232943https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=232943
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis mesomelas
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis mesomelas
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
superfamilyCanoideaSimpson 1931
familyCanidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
subtribeCanina
genusCanisLinnaeus 1758
speciesCanis mesomelasSchreber 1775
Generic NameCanis
Common Nameblack-backed jackal
Scientific NameCanis mesomelas Schreber, 1775
Name Published InDie Säugethiere vol.2 14 p.pl. 95[1775]; see also text, 3(21):370[1776], 586[1777]
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Canis mesomelasspeciesbelongs to Canisstated without evidenceSchreber, 1775
Canis mesomelasspeciesbelongs to Thosstated without evidenceCrile and Quiring, 1940
Canis mesomelasspeciesbelongs to Canisstated without evidenceStuart, 1981
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Canidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. E. A. Bertram and A. A. Biewener. 1990. Differential scaling of the long bones in the terrestrial Carnivora and other mammals. Journal of Morphology 204:157-169
Common Name(s) Black-backed Jackal, Schabrackenschakal
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_mesomelas

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Canis mesomelas mesomelas
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Canis mesomelas schmidti
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Thos mesomelas (Schreber, 1775)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Thos mesomelas

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1775Canis mesomelas Schreber p. 370
1940Thos mesomelas Crile and Quiring p. 229
1981Canis mesomelas Stuart p. 10

References

Bertram J. E. A., Biewener A. A. (1990) Differential scaling of the long bones in the terrestrial Carnivora and other mammals, Journal of Morphology 204, 157-169
Crile G., Quiring D. P. (1940) A record of the body weight and certain organ and gland weights of 3690 animals, Ohio Journal of Science 40 5, 219-259
Stuart C. T. (1981) Notes on the mammalian carnivores of the Cape Province, South Africa, Bontebok 1, 1-58
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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