Black-backed Jackal Gallery

White-barred aguara fox, Cerdocyon mesoleucus

White-barred aguara fox, Cerdocyon mesoleucus. . Could be mistaken for the Thous mesomelas, Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas). Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Dogs published by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1839

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

African Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) at Sunrise in Etosha National Park, Namibia

An African Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) at lit up in gold by the rising sun in Etosha National Park, Namibia. The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to two areas of Africa, separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe

© Mitchell Krog

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) group of four at rest in semi-arid desert. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa and Botswana

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