Lupulella

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Lupulella
Temporal range: Pliocene - recent
Side-striped and black-backed jackals
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
Schreber, 1775
Species
Lupulella range
  Lupulella adusta
  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]

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

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