杂色狼

杂色狼
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	哺乳纲 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	犬科 Canidae
属：	犬属 Canis
种：	非洲金狼 C. lupaster
亚种：	杂色狼 C. l. soudanicus
三名法
	Canis lupaster soudanicus; Thomas, 1903
异名
	doederleini (Hilzheimer, 1906); nubianus (Cabrera, 1921); thooides (Hilzheimer, 1906); variegatus (Cretzschmar, 1826)

杂色狼（学名：Canis lupaster soudanicus），也被称为努比亚狼，是一个原产于苏丹和索马里的金狼亚种。它比埃及金狼更小、更轻，肩部38厘米（15英寸），长102厘米（40英寸）。与较为接近狼的埃及金狼相比，杂色狼更像灰狗。耳朵比埃及狼的稍大，身体颜色通常为苍白的石色，有黑色的斑点^[1]。它的主要栖息地在岩石组成的地区，以小型哺乳动物和鸟类为食^[2]。在埃塞俄比亚帝国高地海拔高达5000英尺的地方首次发现^[3]。

参考文献

^ The game animals of Africa (1908) by Richard Lydekker, published by London, R. Ward, limited
^ 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
^ A monograph of the canidae by St. George Mivart, F.R.S, published by Alere Flammam. 1890

[lydekker-1] The game animals of Africa (1908) by Richard Lydekker, published by London, R. Ward, limited

[smith-2] 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] A monograph of the canidae by St. George Mivart, F.R.S, published by Alere Flammam. 1890

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