Stats

Lifespan: 8-16 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Crepuscular
Social: Pair
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Southern Eurasia
Movement: Running
Breeding: Live Birth
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

The golden jackal is a slender, wolf-like canid native to Eurasia and Southeast Asia, distinguished by its tawny-golden coat and dark-tipped bushy tail. It is the only Old World member of the genus Canis and remarkably can produce fertile hybrids with domestic dogs.

Life cycle

1.
newborn pup
A blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
2.
juvenile
A weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
3.
adolescent
An adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
4.
adult
Fully grown and hunting alongside the pack.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis aureus