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The black-backed jackal is a fox -like canid [ 10 ] with a slender body, long legs, and large ears. [ 11 ] It is similar to the closely related side-striped jackal and more distantly related to the golden jackal, though its skull and dentition are more robust and the incisors much sharper. [ 10 ]
The African wolf (see below for other names; Canis lupaster) is a canine native to North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, northern East Africa, and the Horn of Africa. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. [1] In the Middle Atlas in Morocco, it was sighted in elevations as high as 1,800 m (5,900 ft). [3]
Southern Africa and eastern coast of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia: Side-striped jackal Lupulella adustus: Sundevall, 1847 It primarily resides in wooded areas, unlike other jackal species. It is the least aggressive of the jackals, rarely preying on large mammals. [15] Central and southern Africa Golden jackal Canis aureus: Linnaeus, 1758
The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called the common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Eurasia. The golden jackal's coat varies in color from a pale creamy yellow in summer to a dark tawny beige in winter. It is smaller and has shorter legs, a shorter tail, a more elongated torso, a less-prominent forehead, and a narrower and ...
The side-striped jackal is a slender, medium-sized canid, which tends to be slightly larger on average than the black-backed jackal. Body mass ranges from 6.5 to 14 kg (14 to 31 lb), head-and-body length from 69 to 81 cm (27 to 32 in) and tail length from 30 to 41 cm (12 to 16 in). [16] Shoulder height can range from 35 to 50 cm (14 to 20 in). [17]
Diospyros senegalensis Perr. ex A. DC. Diospyros mespiliformis, the jackalberry (also known as African ebony and by its Afrikaans name jakkalsbessie), is a large dioecious evergreen [2] tree found mostly in the savannas of Africa. Jackals are fond of the fruit, hence the common names. It is a member of the family Ebenaceae, and is related to ...
Viverra cristata Sparrman, 1783. Viverra hyenoides Desmarest, 1820. The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is an insectivorous hyaenid species native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. (Afrikaans for "mane-jackal"), termite-eating hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland.
Physical descriptions. The Egyptian wolf differs from the Senegalese wolf by its heavier build, wider head, thicker fur, longer legs, more rounded ears, and shorter tail. The fur is darker than the golden jackal's, and has a broader white patch on the chest. Field observations in Senegal's Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary indicate that it is a ...