Pannonian jackal

Pannonian jackal
Taxidermied jackals in Hungary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
Subspecies:
C. a. ecsedensis
Trinomial name
Canis aureus ecsedensis
Kretzoi, 1947
Range of Canis aureus ecsedensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Canis aureus hungaricus Éhik, 1937
  • Canis aureus balcanicus Brusina, 1892

The Pannonian jackal or Balkan jackal (Canis aureus ecsedensis) is a subspecies of golden jackal native to Hungary.

Taxonomy

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The Pannonian jackal was described as Canis aureus hungaricus by Gyula Éhik. Éhik differentiated the jackal and the reed wolf (referred as Canis aureus minor in the paper).[2] The type specimen was an individual who was shot in January 1937 by elementary school principal Lajos Nasser in Tyukod. The canid's identity was previously discussed by Éhik and Nasser, until it was discovered that the canid was a golden jackal.[3]

The name Canis aureus hungaricus became a nomen oblitum in favor of the name Canis aureus ecsendensis, proposed by Miklós Kretzoi in 1947.[4][1]

Distribution

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Pannonian jackals are the jackal variety found in Hungary.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gherman, Călin Mircea; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel (2017-09-15). "A synoptic overview of golden jackal parasites reveals high diversity of species". Parasites & Vectors. 10 (1): 1–40. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2329-8. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 5603039. PMID 28915831.
  2. ^ PhD, Dr Szilágyi Gergely (2023-04-24). "Visszanéző (1938): Mi a nádifarkas?". Agro Jager News (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  3. ^ PhD, Dr Szilágyi Gergely (2023-04-24). "Visszanéző (1937): Vélemények a nádifarkasról". Agro Jager News (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  4. ^ Green, C. L. Camp, S. P. Welles, and Morton (1953). Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates 1944-1948. Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-1057-0. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Sosale, Medhini S.; Songsasen, Nucharin; İbiş, Osman; Edwards, Cody W.; Figueiró, Henrique V.; Koepfli, Klaus-Peter (2023-05-25). "The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic characterization of two putative subspecies of golden jackal (Canis aureus cruesemanni and Canis aureus moreotica)". Gene. 866: 147303. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2023.147303. ISSN 0378-1119. PMID 36854348.