Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Golden jackal

Golden jackal

 * ''This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests).

The result was:  by Ealdgyth - Talk 15:08, 25 July 2018 (UTC)



The golden jackal (Canis aureus) is a wolf-like canid that is native to Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia], South Asia, and regions of Southeast Asia. Compared with the Arabian wolf, which is the smallest of the gray wolves (Canis lupus), the jackal is smaller and possesses shorter legs, a shorter tail, a more elongated torso, a less-prominent forehead, and a narrower and more pointed muzzle. The golden jackal has a widespread distribution and high density in areas with plenty of available food and optimum shelter.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 20 August 2017 Beringian wolf William Harris
 * Main editors: William Harris
 * Promoted: 20 December 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: 17 August 2018 is the third anniversary of a major genetic study that found the golden jackal only exists in Eurasia but not in Africa as previously thought and debated. The new species - the African golden wolf Canis anthus - came into being, thereby ending the controversy. The article is rated at Mid-importance by WikiProject Dogs and WikiProject Mammals. It exists in 74 languages. This is my third TFA following Dire wolf and Beringian wolf. The supplied image is rated at Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
 * Support as nominator. William Harris •   (talk) •  10:35, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support for main page. Tentative support for this date - it's not the strongest of links, so happy with it so long as it's not at the expense of a date that would, for example, be apparent from the blurb, or a round number anniversary. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:57, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't have any objection to running the article, but we don't mention anniversaries like this one in the blurb itself. Only the readers who click through to the article will see the anniversary (which is fine). - Dank (push to talk) 12:25, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support science article. Praemonitus (talk) 19:23, 23 July 2018 (UTC)