Indian jackal
| Indian jackal | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. a. indicus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Canis aureus indicus Hodgson, 1833
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| Canis aureus indicus range (blue) | |
The Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus), also known as the Himalayan jackal, is a subspecies of golden jackal native to Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its karyotype is quite different (2N=78; NF=84) from that of its Eurasian and African counterparts (2N=80).