Lupulella

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Lupulella
Temporal range: Pliocene - recent
Side-striped and black-backed jackals
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Canina
Genus: Lupulella
Hilzheimer, 1906
Type species
Canis mesomelas[1]
, 1775
Extant species
  • Lupulella adusta
  • Lupulella mesomelas
Lupulella range
 
Lupulella mesomelas

Lupulella is a genus[2][3][4] of canine found in Africa.[5] This genus consists of only two extant species, the black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) and the side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta).[4][2][3]

Taxonomy

The two species had previously been considered members of the genus Canis. In 2017, a taxonomic review recommended that these two species be recognised as genus Lupulella.[6] In response to this review, the American Society of Mammalogists recognised the new genus.[4]

In 2019, a workshop hosted by the

IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group recommends that because DNA evidence shows the side-striped jackal (Canis adustus) and black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) to form a monophyletic lineage that sits outside of the Canis/Cuon/Lycaon clade, that they should be placed in a distinct genus, Lupulella (Hilzheimer, 1906) with the names Lupulella adusta and Lupulella mesomelas.[2]

Genus Lupulella – Schreber, 1775 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Side-striped jackal

Lupulella adusta
(Sundevall, 1847)

Seven subspecies
  • L. a. adusta
  • L. a. bweha
  • L. a. centralis
  • L. a. grayi
  • L. a. kaffensis
  • L. a. lateralis
  • L. a. notatus
central and southern Africa
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Black-backed jackal

Lupulella mesomelas
(Schreber, 1775)

Two subspecies
  • Cape black-backed jackal, L. m. mesomelas
  • East African black-backed jackal, L. m. schmidti
eastern and southern Africa
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Phylogeny

Cladogram based on genomic data:[7]

True dogs

References

  1. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01039.x
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  2. ^ a b c Alvares, Francisco; Bogdanowicz, Wieslaw; Campbell, Liz A.D.; Godinho, Rachel; Hatlauf, Jennifer; Jhala, Yadvendradev V.; Kitchener, Andrew C.; Koepfli, Klaus-Peter; Krofel, Miha; Moehlman, Patricia D.; Senn, Helen; Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio; Viranta, Suvi; Werhahn, Geraldine (2019). "Old World Canis spp. with taxonomic ambiguity: Workshop conclusions and recommendations. CIBIO. Vairão, Portugal, 28th - 30th May 2019" (PDF). IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0691176857
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  4. ^ a b c "Mammal Diversity Database". American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T3753A46254734.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. hdl:10852/55258
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  7. PMID 16341006
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External links
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