Bweha

Bweha au mbweha ni mojawapo wa wanyama wadogo kiasi wa familia Canidae wanaopatikana Afrika, Amerika, Asia na Ulaya na walioainishwa katika jenasi Canis, Cerdocyon, Lupulella, Lycalopex, Otocyon, Urocyon na Vulpes.

Bweha
Bweha mgongo-mweusi (Canis mesomelas)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Mammalia Wanyama wenye viwele wanaonyonyesha watoto wao) Oda: Carnivora (Wanyama mbua) Nusuoda: Caniformia (Wanyama kama mbwa) Familia: Canidae (Wanyama walio na mnasaba na mbwa) Fischer, 1817
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 6; spishi 10 katika Afrika: Canis Linnaeus, 1758 C. anthus Cuvier, 1820 Cerdocyon C.E.H. Smith, 1839 Lupulella Hilzheimer, 1906 L. adusta (Sundevall, 1847) L. mesomelas (Schreber, 1775) Lycalopex Burmeister, 1854 Otocyon Müller, 1836 O. megalotis (Desmarest, 1822) Urocyon Baird, 1857 Vulpes A. Frisch, 1775 V. cana Blanford, 1877 V. chama (Smith, 1833) V. pallida (Cretzschmar, 1827) V. rueppellii (Schinz, 1825) V. vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758 V. zerda (Zimmermann, 1780)

Spishi mbili za jenasi Canis, ambazo ziliitwa bweha zamani, zina mnasaba sana na mbwa-mwitu. Kwa ukweli, siku hizi Canis anthus na Canis aureus zinafikiriwa kuwa mbwa-mwitu^[1][2], lakini kwa sasa jina "bweha" litadumishwa kwa sababu linatumika sana.

Usasi (Uwindaji) wa bweha

Kwa muda mrefu, usasi wa bweha umeonekana kwamba umejikita mizizi tu kwa Waingereza ambako wao huchukua mbwa na farasi na kwenda huku wakiwawinda bweha. Usasi wa bweha haukuwa maarufu kwenye nchi nyingine za Ulaya. Waingereza waliasilisha desturi hii katika nchi za himaya yao na siku hizi hata Waafrika huwawinda bweha.

Mbwa wawinda-bweha huweza kutumia hisia na kuwawinda bweha wekundu. Tendo hili la kuwawinda bweha limezua hisia tofauti huku wengi wakiliona kana kwamba lamfanya bweha awe matatani kulingana na hariri la Wild Hunter Club Ilihifadhiwa 13 Novemba 2017 kwenye Wayback Machine..

Spishi za Afrika

• Canis anthus, Mbwa-mwitu Dhahabu, Bweha dhahabu au Bweha-mbuga (African golden wolf)
  • Canis a. algirensis, Mbwa-mwitu wa Aljeria au Bweha Kaskazi (Algerian wolf)
  • Canis a. anthus, Mbwa-mwitu wa Senegali au Bweha wa Senegali (Senegalese wolf)
  • Canis a. bea, Mbwa-mwitu wa Serengeti au Bweha Mashariki (Serengeti wolf)
  • Canis a. lupaster, Mbwa-mwitu wa Misri au Bweha wa Misri (Egyptian wolf)
  • Canis a. riparius, Mbwa-mwitu Somali au Bweha Somali (Somali wolf)
  • Canis a. soudanicus, Mbwa-mwitu Mabaka au Bweha wa Sudani (Variegated wolf)
• Lupulella adusta, Bweha Miraba (Side-striped jackal)
• Lupulella mesomelas, Bweha Mgongo-mweusi au Bweha Shaba (Black-backed jackal)
• Otocyon megalotis, Bweha Masikio (Bat-eared fox)
• Vulpes cana, Bweha wa Blanford (Blanford's fox)
• Vulpes chama, Bweha Kusi (Cape fox)
• Vulpes pallida, Bweha wa Saheli (Pale fox)
• Vulpes rueppelli, Bweha wa Rüppell (Rüppell's fox)
• Vulpes vulpes, Bweha Mwekundu (Red Fox)
  • Vulpes v. barbara, Bweha Mwekundu wa Barbari (Barbary Fox)
  • Vulpes v. niloticus, Bweha Mwekundu wa Misri (Nile Fox)
• Vulpes zerda, Feneki au Bweha-jangwa (Fennec)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Canis aureus (Common or Golden Jackal)
  • Canis a. aureus (Common Jackal)
  • Canis a. cruesemanni ( Siamese Jackal)
  • Canis a. ecsedensis (Balkan Jackal)
  • Canis a. indicus (Indian Jackal)
  • Canis a. moreoticus (European Jackal)
  • Canis a. naria ( Sri Lankan Jackal)
  • Canis a. syriacus (Syrian Jackal)
• Cerdocyon thous (Crab-eating Fox)
• Lycalopex culpaeus (Culpeo)
• Lycalopex fulvipes (Darwin's Fox)
• Lycalopex griseus (Argentine Grey Fox)
• Lycalopex gymnocercus (Pampas Fox)
• Lycalopex sechurae (Sechuran Fox)
• Lycalopex vetulus (Hoary Fox)
• Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Grey Fox)
• Urocyon littoralis (Island Fox)
• Urocyon sp. nov. (Cozumel Fox)
• Vulpes bengalensis (Bengal Fox)
• Vulpes corsac (Corsac Fox)
• Vulpes ferrilata (Tibetan Sand Fox)
• Vulpes lagopus (Arctic Fox) – pengine Alopex lagopus
• Vulpes macrotis (Kit Fox)
• Vulpes velox (Swift Fox)

Picha

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  Bweha miraba
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  Bweha wa Senegali
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  Bweha mashariki
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  Bweha wa Misri
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  Bweha masikio
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  Bweha wa Blanford
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  Bweha kusi
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  Bweha wa Saheli
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  Bweha wa Rüppell
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  Bweha mwekundu
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  Bweha jangwa au feneki

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  Golden jackal
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  Crab-eating fox
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  Culpeo
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  Darwin's fox
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  Argentine grey fox
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  Pampas fox
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  Sechuran fox
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  Hoary fox
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  Grey fox
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  Island fox
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  Bengal fox
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  Corsac fox
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  Arctic fox
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  Kit fox
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  Swift fox