A Black-backed Jackal <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

Jackal

Jackal

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Mammalia <tr><td>Order:<td>Carnivora <tr><td>Family:<td>Canidae <tr><td>Genus:<td>Canis (in part) </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Species <tr><td> Canis aureus
Canis adustus
Canis mesomelas
Canis simensis </table> The jackal (borrowed from Persian شغال shoghal) is one of a number of small- to medium-sized members of the Canidae family found in Africa and Asia. Jackals fill a similar ecological niche as the coyote in North America, that of scavenger and lesser predator. Jackals may occasionally assemble in small packs, but normally hunt alone. Species:

golden jackal (Canis aureus)
side-striped jackal (Canis adustus)
black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)
Ethiopian wolf or simian jackal (Canis simensis)
bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)

The Ancient Egyptian God of death and dying, Anubis, was depicted as a man with a jackal's head.

A Black-backed Jackal in Etosha National Park, Namibia

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