Karen daji na Afirka

Karen daji na Afirka , kuma ana kiransa  kare mai fenti ko karen farautar Cape, wani karen daji ne wanda  asalinsa yana a yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara . Shine karen daji mafi girma a Afirka, kuma shine kawai memba na jinsin Lycaon, wanda aka bambanta daga Canis ta hanyar haƙori na musamman don cin abinci na hypercarnivorous, da kuma rashin raɓa . An kiyasta cewa kusan manya 6,600 (ciki har da mutane 1,400 da suka balaga) suna rayuwa a cikin ɓangarorin 39 waɗanda duk ke fuskantar barazanar rarrabuwar kawuna, tsanantawar ɗan adam, da barkewar cututtuka. Kamar yadda mafi girman yawan jama'a mai yiwuwa ya ƙunshi ƙasa da mutane 250, an jera kare daji na Afirka a matsayin wanda ke cikin haɗari a cikin IUCN Red List tun shekarar 1990. 

Wannan nau'in ƙwararre ne ta ƙwararrun mafarauci na tururuwa , wanda yake kamawa ta hanyar korar su zuwa gaji. Maƙiyansa na halitta zakuna ne da ƙuraye masu hange : na farko za su kashe karnuka a inda zai yiwu, yayin da kurayen ke yawan kamuwa da kleptoparasites.

Kamar sauran canids, karen daji na Afirka yana daidaita abinci ga 'ya'yansa, amma kuma yana faɗaɗa wannan aikin ga manyansa, a matsayin babban ɓangare na rayuwar zamantakewar fakitin.    Ana barin matasa su fara ciyar da gawa.

An mutunta karen daji na Afirka a cikin al'ummomin mafarauta da yawa, musamman na mutanen San da Masarautar Prehistoric .

 Asali da suna 
Harshen Ingilishi yana da sunaye da yawa ma karen daji na Afirka, gami da karen farautar Afirka, karen farautar Cape,  karen farautar fenti,  karen fenti,  da fentin lycaon. Smith, C. H. (1839). Dogs, W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, p. 261–69 Wata ƙungiyar kiyayewa tana haɓaka sunan 'kerkeci fentin' a matsayin hanyar sake fasalin nau'in, saboda kare daji yana da ma'anoni mara kyau da yawa waɗanda zasu iya cutar da siffarsa.    Duk da haka, sunan "karen daji na Afirka" har yanzu ana amfani da shi sosai,  Duk da haka, sunan "karen fentin" an gano shi ne mafi kusantar magance mummunan hasashe na nau'in. 

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