Mammals of Southeast Asia

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 112. Chapters: Orangutan, Tarsier, Dhole, Golden Jackal, Irrawaddy dolphin, List of mammals of Indonesia, List of mammals of Burma, List of mammals of Vietnam, List of mammals of the Philippines, South China Tiger, List of mammals... Viac o knihe

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 112. Chapters: Orangutan, Tarsier, Dhole, Golden Jackal, Irrawaddy dolphin, List of mammals of Indonesia, List of mammals of Burma, List of mammals of Vietnam, List of mammals of the Philippines, South China Tiger, List of mammals of Laos, Bornean slow loris, Eld's Deer, List of mammals of Cambodia, Asian Golden Cat, List of mammals of Brunei, Jungle Cat, Laotian rock rat, Oriental Small-clawed Otter, Chevrotain, Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, Asian Palm Civet, Visayan Spotted Deer, List of mammals of Singapore, Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Small Asian Mongoose, Polynesian Rat, Fishing Cat, Masked Palm Civet, Smooth-coated Otter, Cave Nectar Bat, Yellow-throated Marten, Southern white-cheeked gibbon, Western hoolock gibbon, Malayan Civet, Eastern black crested gibbon, Large Indian Civet, Hylobates, Geoffroy's Rousette, Neofelis, Back-striped Weasel, Yunnan lar gibbon, Nomascus, Herpestes, Hainan black crested gibbon, Small Indian Civet, Small-toothed Palm Civet, Pardofelis, Finlayson's Squirrel, List of bats of Borneo, Yellow-cheeked gibbon, Banded Palm Civet, Yellow-bellied Weasel, Northern white-cheeked gibbon, Crab-eating Mongoose, Pileated gibbon, Hardwicke's Woolly Bat, Eastern hoolock gibbon, Calamian Deer, Cynopterus, Leschenault's Rousette, Cheiromeles, Sumatran lar gibbon, Small Flying Fox, Ferret-badger, Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat, Large-spotted Civet, Hose's Mongoose, Malayan Slit-Faced Bat, Indochinese Shrew. Excerpt: The Golden jackal (Canis aureus) is a medium-sized species of canid which inhabits north and north-eastern Africa, south-eastern and central Europe (up to Austria and Hungary), Asia minor, the Middle East and south east Asia. It is classed by the IUCN as Least Concern, due to its widespread range in areas with optimum food and shelter. It is a highly adaptable species, being able to exploit different foodstuffs and live in numerous different habitats, including the African savannahs, the mountains of the Caucasus and the forests of India. It is the largest of the jackals, and the only species to occur outside Africa, with 13 different subspecies being recognised. Although often grouped with the other jackals (the black-backed jackal, and the side-striped jackal), genetic research indicates that the golden jackal is more closely related to the gray wolf and the coyote. The genetic evidence is consistent with the form of the skull, which also bears more similarities to those of the latter two species than to those of other jackals. The golden jackal is sometimes featured in the folklore and mythology of human cultures with which it is sympatric: in Indian folklore, it is portrayed as a trickster, while in Ancient Egyptian religion, it played a central role under the guise of Anubis, the god of embalming. Once thought to have been the ancestor of some dog breeds, the golden jackal can be hybridised with domestic dogs, with some modern authors stating that the species may have contributed to the breeding of Ancient Egyptian hunting hounds. Unlike other jackal species which are African in origin, the golden jackal, like the wolf, likely emerged from Asia. The direct ancestor of the golden jackal is thought to be Canis kuruksaensis, a Villafranchian (from late Pliocene to early Pleistocene) canid native to Tadjikistan. Another prehistoric canid initially thought to be an ancestral jackal, Canis arnensis which was native to Europe, was later classed as more closely relate

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