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Black-backed jackal
Temporal range: Pliocene - recent
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas mesomelas) 2.jpg
C. m. mesomelas
Etosha National Park, Namibia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Canis
Species:
mesomelas
Subspecies

2 subspecies, see text
Canis mesomelas subspecies range.png
Black-backed jackal range, with C. m. mesomelas in blue and C. m. schmidti in red

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas or Lupulella mesomelas) is a canine that comes from eastern and southern Africa.

The black-backed jackal lives in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It is a least concern species. It is still killed because, it attacks farm animals and it carries rabies.

Images for kids

  • Lupulella mesomelas skull & skeleton

    Skull and skeleton

  • Black-backed jackal hunting an impala calf

    East Africa black-backed jackal (C. m. schmidti) hunting impala calf, Masai Mara, Kenya

  • An unwanted visitor (cropped)

    Cape black-backed jackal (C. m. mesomelas) feeding on a brown fur seal pup, Namibia

  • 2012-bb-jackal-1

    Cape black-backed jackal (C. m. mesomelas) feeding on a springbok carcass in Etosha National Park, Namibia

  • Canis mesomelas fur skin

    Black-backed jackal pelt

See also

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