塞內加爾狼

塞內加爾狼
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：	亚洲胡狼 C. lupaster
亚种：	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

法國国家自然历史博物馆內的塞内加尔狼头骨

塞內加爾狼的肩高至少比埃及狼高一英寸（2.54厘米），身長則长幾英寸^[2]。成年塞内加尔金狼的中段约高15英寸（38.1厘米），从尾巴到枕骨长14英寸（35.56厘米）。耳朵更长，长度为7英寸（17.78釐米）^[3]，头部比埃及狼更像狗^[2]。塞內加爾狼的尾巴没有鬆軟毛髮，而且較短^[2]，大約长10英寸（25.4厘米）^[3]。

塞內加爾狼的鼻子和额头是灰色的，而喉咙和下部是白色的。對比埃及狼，它缺少脖子上的黑色，也缺少背部的黑色点的斑点^[2]。它的侧面和背部是深灰色，上面有黄色。颈部呈灰色，全身以灰色為主要，特别是在脸颊和耳朵下方。上口、四肢、耳朵和尾巴的后部是纯淡黃褐色的的，而身体的其余部分是白色的^[3]。

飲食習慣

一项关于对生活在阿尔及利亚北部的非洲金狼的饮食研究发现，野生有蹄类动物是塞內加爾狼的主要食物（86%），其中西方狍占46%，野猪占34%^[4]。有一次，在退潮期间，观察到一只塞内加尔狼在红树林泻湖中寻找食物^[5]。

參考文獻

^ Wozencraft, W.C. Order Carnivora. Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (编). 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]. （原始内容存档于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]. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2023-06-02）.

[MSW3-1] Wozencraft, W.C. Order Carnivora. Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (编). 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]. （原始内容存档于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]. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2023-06-02）.

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