塞內加爾狼

塞內加爾狼
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	哺乳綱 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	犬科 Canidae
屬：	犬屬 Canis
種：	亞洲胡狼 C. lupaster
亞種：	塞內加爾狼 C. l. anthus
三名法
	Canis lupaster anthus; F. Cuvier, 1820
異名
	C. aureus senegalensis; (C. E. H. Smith, 1839)

塞內加爾狼（學名：Canis lupaster anthus），又名灰胡狼，是一個原產於塞內加爾分佈在非洲南部的金狼亞種。

形態描述

塞內加爾狼的肩高至少比埃及狼高一英寸（2.54公分），身長則長幾英寸^[2]。成年塞內加爾金狼的中段約高15英寸（38.1公分），從尾巴到枕骨長14英寸（35.56公分）。耳朵更長，長度為7英寸（17.78釐米）^[3]，頭部比埃及狼更像狗^[2]。塞內加爾狼的尾巴沒有鬆軟毛髮，而且較短^[2]，大約長10英寸（25.4公分）^[3]。

塞內加爾狼的鼻子和額頭是灰色的，而喉嚨和下部是白色的。對比埃及狼，它缺少脖子上的黑色，也缺少背部的黑色點的斑點^[2]。它的側面和背部是深灰色，上面有黃色。頸部呈灰色，全身以灰色為主要，特別是在臉頰和耳朵下方。上口、四肢、耳朵和尾巴的後部是純淡黃褐色的的，而身體的其餘部分是白色的^[3]。

飲食習慣

一項關於對生活在阿爾及利亞北部的非洲金狼的飲食研究發現，野生有蹄類動物是塞內加爾狼的主要食物（86%），其中西方狍占46%，野豬占34%^[4]。有一次，在退潮期間，觀察到一隻塞內加爾狼在紅樹林瀉湖中尋找食物^[5]。

參考文獻

^ Wozencraft, W.C. Order Carnivora. Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (編). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005: 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. LCCN 2005001870. OCLC 62265494. NLC 001238428.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 The natural history of dogs : canidae or genus canis of authors ; including also the genera hyaena and proteles (1839) by Charles Hamilton Smith and Sir William Jardine, published by Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Charles Hamilton Smith, Georges Cuvier (baron), Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray, edited by Edward Griffith, printed for G.B. Whittaker, 1827
^ Diet composition of a Newly Recognized Canid Species, the African Golden Wolf ( Canis anthus ), in Northern Algeria. [2023-06-02]. （原始內容存檔於2023-06-02）.
^ Images of the Senegalese Wolf Canis anthus anthus including its footprint were taken in the nature reserve Somone, Senegal. This protected area is situated on the Atlantic Coast south of Dakar. The wolf was searching for food in mangrove lagoons during low tide (PDF). [2023-06-02]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2023-06-02）.

[MSW3-1] Wozencraft, W.C. Order Carnivora. Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (編). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005: 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. LCCN 2005001870. OCLC 62265494. NLC 001238428.

[smith-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 The natural history of dogs : canidae or genus canis of authors ; including also the genera hyaena and proteles (1839) by Charles Hamilton Smith and Sir William Jardine, published by Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars

[cuvier-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Charles Hamilton Smith, Georges Cuvier (baron), Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray, edited by Edward Griffith, printed for G.B. Whittaker, 1827

[4] Diet composition of a Newly Recognized Canid Species, the African Golden Wolf ( Canis anthus ), in Northern Algeria. [2023-06-02]. （原始內容存檔於2023-06-02）.

[5] Images of the Senegalese Wolf Canis anthus anthus including its footprint were taken in the nature reserve Somone, Senegal. This protected area is situated on the Atlantic Coast south of Dakar. The wolf was searching for food in mangrove lagoons during low tide (PDF). [2023-06-02]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2023-06-02）.

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