Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Krofel, Miha, Hatlauf, Jennifer, Bogdanowicz, Wieslaw, Campbell, L. A. D., Godinho, Raquel, Jhala, Yadvendradev, Kitchener, A. C., Koepfli, K.-P., Moehlman, P., Senn, H., Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio, Viranta, S., Werhahn, G., Álvares, Francisco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press, Blackwell Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Canidae; Canis lupaster; Canis aureus; Lupulella; Canis lupus pallipes; Canis lupus chanco; Dingo; New Guinea singing dog; psi; šakali; zlati šakal; podsedliški šakal; progasti šakal; indijski volk; himalajski volk; afriški volk; info:eu-repo/classification/udc/630*13; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=133986; https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=152312&dn=; https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=152313&dn=; https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/90354947; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12556/RUL-133986

Successful conservation depends on accurate taxonomy. Currently, the taxonomy of canids in Africa, Eurasia and Australasia is unstable as recent molecular and morphological studies have questioned earlier phenetic classifications. We review available information on several taxa of Old World and Aust...