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キンイロジャッカルのアフリカ大陸北部産の亜種C. a. lupasterは、頭骨や歯の形状から独立種とする説もあった。2011年に発表されたミトコンドリアDNAの分子系統解析の結果から、C. a. lupasterをキンイロジャッカルではなくタイリクオオカミの亜種とする説が提唱された<ref>Eli Knispel Rueness, Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, David W. Macdonald, Afework Bekele, Anagaw Atickem, Nils Chr. Stenseth, "The Cryptic African Wolf: Canis aureus lupaster Is Not a Golden Jackal and Is Not Endemic to Egypt," PLoS One, Volume 6, Issue 1, Thomas M. Gilbert, Editor, 2011.
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