Canis lupaster
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
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Pays · région · aire protégée · écorégion · biome
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Liste rouge IUCN
LC · Préoccupation mineure↘Décroissante- Évaluation
- 2019 · v3.1
- Altitude
- 500 – 3800 m
- Profondeur
- – m
État de la populationTexte officiel évaluation IUCNExpert
In the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, densities can range as high as two adults per km² (Moehlman 1983, 1986, 1989).
Menaces identifiées(2 menaces classées CMP-IUCN)
1_2Commercial & industrial areasNegligible declinesMinority (<50%)Ongoing2_1_3Agro-industry farmingNegligible declinesMinority (<50%)Ongoing
Description complète des menacesTexte détaillé évaluation IUCNExpert
The African Wolf is probably declining slowly across parts of its range due to lack of habitat and indiscriminate predator control programmes. The species is considered as a key livestock predator in many parts of the Ethiopian Highlands (Atickem et al. 2017) and elsewhere. They are frequently found in close proximity to human settlement (Yirga et al. 2017) possibly due to higher food availability from human waste and livestock prey. However, extended urbanization may also affect the availability of shelter, especially for breeding. The African Wolf also may occasionally be hunted as a game species and eaten, as has been recorded in Morocco (F. Cuzin pers. comm. 2007).
Habitats préférentiels (classification IUCN)
2_1Savanna - Dry★3_5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry★4_5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry★4_7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude★
Mesures de conservation recommandéesStratégies de conservation IUCNExpert
Legal protection
Not included on the CITES Appendices.
Presence in protected areas
The African Wolf is present in a great number of protected areas across their range, including the Serengeti-Masai Mara-Ngorongoro complex in East Africa.
Captivity
Not commonly held in conservation breeding programmes.
Gaps in knowledge
Most of what is known of the biology of this species comes from studies in the Serengeti and more recently from the Guassa Highlands of Ethiopia. There is otherwise little quantitative information available on densities, habitat use, and ranging patterns in relation to food availability. Information on dispersal, survival and mortality factors of adults, pups and dispersing individuals is needed. Aspects of disease in relation to population dynamics and transmission need to be better understood.
Not included on the CITES Appendices.
Presence in protected areas
The African Wolf is present in a great number of protected areas across their range, including the Serengeti-Masai Mara-Ngorongoro complex in East Africa.
Captivity
Not commonly held in conservation breeding programmes.
Gaps in knowledge
Most of what is known of the biology of this species comes from studies in the Serengeti and more recently from the Guassa Highlands of Ethiopia. There is otherwise little quantitative information available on densities, habitat use, and ranging patterns in relation to food availability. Information on dispersal, survival and mortality factors of adults, pups and dispersing individuals is needed. Aspects of disease in relation to population dynamics and transmission need to be better understood.
Stress écologiques (2)Stresses Classification — IUCNExpert
1_1Ecosystem conversion1_1Ecosystem conversion
Priorités de recherche (1)Research Needed Classification — IUCNExpert
1_3Life history & ecology
Niche IUCN globaleRealms · Systems · LMEs · Growth forms · FAOs — biogéographie IUCNExpert
Royaumes biogéographiques
AfrotropicalPalearctic
Systèmes (terrestre/eau douce/marin)
Terrestrial
Références bibliographiques (15)Sources scientifiques de l'évaluation IUCNExpert
- IUCN. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-1. Available at: <a href="www.iucnredlist.org">www.iucnredlist.org</a>. (Accessed: 21 March 2019).
- Moehlman, P.D. and Hayssen, V. 2018. <i>Canis aureus</i> (Carnivore: Canidae). <i>Mammalian Species</i> 50: 14-25.
- Gutema, T.M., Atickem, A., Bekele, A., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Kasso, M., Tsegaye, D., Venkataraman, V.V., Fashing, P.J., Zinner, D. and Stenseth, N.C. 2018. Competition between sympatric wolf taxa: an example involving African and Ethiopian wolves. <i>Royal Society Open Science</i> 5: 172207.
- Viranta, S., Atickem, A., Werdelin, L. and Stenseth, N.C. 2017. Rediscovering a forgotten canid species. <i>BMC Zoology</i> 2: 6.
- Atickem, A., Simeneh, G., Bekele, A., Mekonnen, T., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hill, R.A. and Stenseth, N.C. 2017. Livestock predation and diet of African wolf in the Guassa Mountains of Ethiopia. <i>African Journal of Ecology</i> 55: 632–639.
- Yirga, G., Leirs, H., De Iongh H.H., Asmelash T., Gebrehiwot, K., Vos, M. and Bauer, H. 2017. Densities of spotted hyaena (<i>Crocuta crocuta</i>) and African golden wolf (<i>Canis anthus</i>) increase with increasing anthropogenic influence. <i>Mammalian Biology</i> 85: 60-69.
- Koepfli, K.P., Pollinger, J., Godinho, R., Robinson, J., Lea, A., Hendricks, S., Schweizer, R.M., Thalmann, O., Silva, P., Fan, Z., Yurchenko, A.A, Dobrynin, P., Makunin, A., Cahill, J.A., Shapiro, B., Álvares, F., Brito, J.C., Geffen, E., Leonard, J.A., Helgen, K.M., Johnson, W.E., O’Brien, S.J., Van Valkenburgh, B. and Wayne, R.K. 2015. Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian Golden jackals are distinct species. <i>Current Biology</i> 25: 2158–2165.
- Moehlman, P.D. and Jhala, Y.V. 2013. <i>Canis aureus</i> Golden Jackal. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), <i>Mammals of Africa. Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses</i>, pp. 35-38. Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
- Gaubert, P., Bloch, C., Benyacoub, S., Abdelhamid, A., Pagani, P., Djagoun, C.A.M.S., Couloux, A. and Dufour, S. 2012. Reviving the African Wolf <i>Canis lupus lupaster</i> in North and West Africa: A mitochondrial lineage ranging more than 6,000 km wide. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7: e42740.
- Rueness, E.K., Asmyhr, M.G., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Macdonald, D.W., Bekele, A., Atickem, A. and Stenseth, N.C. 2011. The cryptic African Wolf: <i>Canis aureus lupaster</i> is not a Golden Jackal and is not endemic to Egypt. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 6(1): e16385.
- Jhala, Y.V. and Moehlman, P.D. 2004. Golden Jackal <i>Canis aureus</i> Linnaeus, 1758. In: S. Sillero-Zubiri, M. Hoffmann and D.W. Macdonald (eds), <i>Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan</i>, pp. 156-161. IUCN, Gland.
- Sillero-Zubiri, C. 1996. Records of Honey Badger, <i>Mellivora capensis</i> (Carnivora, Mustelidae), in afroalpine habitat, above 4,000 m. <i>Mammalia</i> 60: 323-325.
- Moehlman, P. D. 1989. Intraspecific variation in canid social systems. In: J. L. Gittleman (ed.), <i>Carnivore behavior, ecology and evolution</i>, pp. 143-163. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, USA.
- Moehlman, P. D. 1986. Ecology of cooperation in canids. In: D. I. Rubenstein and R. W. Wrangam (eds), <i>Ecological aspects of social evolution</i>, pp. 64-86. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Moehlman, P. D. 1983. Socioecology of silverbacked and golden jackals (<i>Canis mesomelas</i> and <i>Canis aureus</i>). <i>Recent advances in the study of mammalian behavior</i>, pp. 423-453. American Society of Mammologists, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA.
Évaluateurs & contributeurs (3)Personnes ayant contribué à l'évaluation IUCNExpert
assessor
Hoffmann, M. & Atickem, A.
contributor
Moehlman, P.D.
evaluator
Sillero-Zubiri, C.
Hoffmann, M. & Atickem, A. 2019. Canis lupaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T118264888A118265889. Accessed on 05 May 2026.
Distribution mondiale
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Note nomenclaturale
TAXREF v18 — INPN/MNHNSynonymes (5)— redirigent vers cette page
- Canis aureus lupasterHemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
- Canis doederleiniHilzheimer, 1906
- Canis lupasterHemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833
- Canis lupaster doederleiniHilzheimer, 1906
- Canis lupaster lupasterHemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Sources : Catalogue of Life Cross-References (synonymes) · TAXREF v18 INPN/MNHN (commentaires FR).