NRLD - 327597 | Canis aureus

Assessment ID

327597

Taxon name

Canis aureus

Linnaeus, 1758

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National Red List Database

Taxonomic information

Scientific name

Canis aureus

Linnaeus, 1758

Common name(s)

Golden Jackal, Shial, Pati Shial

Assessed taxon level

Species

Higher level taxonomic groupings

Vertebrates

Mammals

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

chordata

Class

mammalia

Order

carnivora

Family

canidae

Genus

Canis

Species

aureus

Species authority

Linnaeus, 1758

Location and scope

Specific locality or subnational name or regional name

Bangladesh

Scope (of the Assessment)

National

Countries included within the scope of the assessment

Bangladesh

Country ISO code(s)

BGD

Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?

Not_assigned

Conservation Status

Assessed as

Least Concern

Abbreviated status

Criteria system used

IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification

This species is a very common with widespread distribution and has a presumed large population. It occurs in almost all habitat ranges and has a tolerance of a degree of habitat modification. Although the population size and trends have not been quantified or estimated, the population size is not believed to approach the thresholds of any of the threatened categories. Thus, it has been categorized as Least Concern.

Assessment details

Year assessed

2015

Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed

Sajeda Begum

Criteria system used

IUCN

Reference for methods given

IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.

URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication

http://iucnredlistbd.org/

Further information

Endemism (according to assessment)

Endemic to region

Taxon distribution as listed in assessment

The Golden Jackal is widespread in North and northeast Africa, occurring from Senegal on the west coast of Africa to Egypt in the east, in a range that includes Morocco, Algeria, and Libya in the north to Nigeria, Chad and Tanzania in the south. They also occur in the Arabian Peninsula and have expanded their range into Europe Eastwards they range into Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, the entire Indian subcontinent, then east and south to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and parts of Indo-China (Jhala and Moehlman 2008). Widely distributed all over the country.

Is there a map available in assessment?

Yes, in the publication/on website

Habitat and systems

Ecological system type

Terrestrial

Not_assigned

Freshwater

Not_assigned

Marine

Not_assigned

Habitat

Habitat details as listed in assessment

Golden Jackals are opportunistic and venture into human habitation at night to feed on garbage. They usually occur in groups but could be found as solitary or in pairs. They are highly adaptable and opportunistic foragers with varied diet, which consists of rodents, ground birds and their eggs, reptiles, frogs, fish, insects and fruits. They are crepuscular to nocturnal. They can live in a wide variety of habitats. Jackals occupy short to medium grasslands, forests, and agricultural lands, rural and suburban habitats. They usually hide inside woodlots, graveyards and Hindu cremation grounds (Khan 2008, 2015).

History

Vulnerable in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).

Publication

Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232