Talk:Black-backed jackal/Archive 1

Archive 1

Question

Why the black back? What advantages does this confer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.223.80 (talk) 03:11, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

A black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a springbok carcass in Etosha National Park, Namibia. This jackal species, found in southern and eastern Africa, is among the most basal of the canines. It is listed by the IUCN as least concern, due to its widespread range and adaptability, though it continues to be hunted.

Individuals stand 38–48 cm (15–19 in) at the shoulder and measure 67.3–81.2 cm (26.5–32.0 in) in body length and are omnivores despite being well adapted to eat meat. They live in monogamous pairs, defending their shared territory together.Photograph: Yathin S Krishnappa

Genus Change

New studies have shown that both the Black-backed jackal and the closely-related Side-striped jackal are found outside the clade that includes all other Canis species, Cuon, and Lycaon and as such needs to be split into a separate genus, Lupulella. Links to papers/articles below:

http://www.allthingscanid.org/The%20Canis%20Tangle.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01039.x https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-017-0015-0 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12257#zsc12257-bib-0012

Due to this I would suggest someone go through and edit the articles for both jackals and Jackal overall to reflect this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BronxZooFan (talk • contribs) 14:49, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

As interesting as these studies are, it would be wise to wait for any proposed change to be accepted by the international taxonomic community: http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/search/common/key/Black-backed+jackal/fossil/0/match/1 rather than have Wikipedia reflect the proposal as if it has been accepted. William Harris • (talk) • 06:52, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Genus change - Canis to Lupulella

Given the growing number of papers supporting a rename of this species from genus Canis to genus Lupulella including the Canid Specialist Group, and that the Mammal Diversity Database of the American Society of Mammalogists also supports Lupulella with WP:MAMMALS supporting the use of this database as a more up-to-date source than MSW3 in its WP:WikiProject Mammals#Guidelines, I have renamed the genus of this species from Canis to Lupulella as a WP:BOLD edit. Happy to discuss. William Harris (talk) 10:31, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable to me. Worth expanding the genus article and using that to explain why. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:38, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Good point, thanks Cas, especially now that the newly-created genus article Lupulella has just "passed muster". William Harris (talk) 18:57, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Map update

The map (blue) needs an update as the jackals also occur on Namibias coast. This habitat is also mentioned in the text under "Diet" and they are quite common on the Skeleton Coast feeding on dead seals. Flo Simba (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2023 (UTC)