Talk:Jackal

Species

I removed the bat-eared fox, a jackal. The simian wolf is not one either, but I left it there in case the taxanomy we use wikipedia still sees it as such...Sabine 06:17, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Jackal/Wolf?

'The Simian Jackal is actually a wolf that is thought to have taken on the appearance of a large fox or jackal through convergent evolution (by adopting a similar diet of small rodents)...'

But what about the new type of dog developed in Russia to sniff out drugs, known as the 'jacksy' (a cross between a jackal and a husky)? - I will try to find the reference as soon as possible. If husky (not far from a wolf) + jackal = viable offspring, would this mean that wolves (or at least huskies) and jackals are the same species? Or at least, not as far away from each other as the quote above seems to imply? And what exactly are the distinctions between wolves and jackals that allow the Simian Jackal to be classified as a wolf? WolfieInu 10:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Wolves, jackals and coyotes are all in the same genus Canis, and many species are capable of some interbreeding (for example Red Wolves and Coyotes in SE USA). The ability to form hybrids with other species does not mean they are not species. The distinction (these are wolves and these are Jackals) is a large part human (as is all taxonomy and systematics), as you suggest, but researchers place the Ethiopian Wolves with the wolves because they split from the closer to the wolf (particularly the Grey Wolf) than the three Jackals.Sabine's Sunbird talk 11:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

No it didn't, look up the the diagram in Canidae, golden jackals are closer to grey wolves than Ethiopian wolves. Editor abcdef (talk) 10:00, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks... do you think I should add something on the 'jacksy', or would that go too far beyond the scope of the article? WolfieInu 10:24, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Is there enough info on this new breed to create an article? A new breed of dog, especially one with interesting heritage might be worth an article, which can be linked to from here. Why don't you check at Wikiproject Dogs? Sabine's Sunbird talk 19:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Will do. WolfieInu 06:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Project mothballed, must study for exams - WolfieInu 14:52, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

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This article is nothing more than a cobble-together of some information spanning 3 very different mammals - Schaeffia adusta (side-striped jackal), Lupulella mesomelas (black-backed jackal), and Canis aureus (golden jackal). They do not share even the same genus. All they have in common is the use of the word jackal in their common names. It would be similar to creating an article titled "Wolf" and including the grey wolf, African wolf, and dire wolf just because these all had the word wolf in their names. I propose that it would be more useful to delete this article and to create a disambiguation page titled "Jackal", which would then offer hyper-links to the other 3 articles. ~2025-33586-84 (talk) 03:17, 26 December 2025 (UTC)