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Jackal
(Canis aureus)

Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Genus: Lupulella

Species on this page

+ Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) aka silver-backed jackal

Species on other pages

Notes:
The African wolf used to be classified as a subspecies of the golden jackal.
The reclassifiication came in 2015 when DNA data showed it was more closely related to wolves and coyotes than to jackals.
Partly as a result of DNA reclassifications, the terms wolf, dog, jackal, and fox are now quite ambiguous and do not form clear phylogenetic groups.
For example, two different genera (Canis and Lupulella) still include species referred to as jackals.
African dogs are no longer in the genus Canis but are sometimes referred to as African wolves which are in the genus Canis (along with gray wolves.)
It is all very confusing.

+ Coyote - Canis latrans
+ Wolves (gray wolf) - Canis lupus
+ African wolf - Canis lupaster
+ Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)
+ African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
+ Jackals (Lupulella mesomelas)
+ Foxes - multiple genera

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Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) aka silver-backed jackal

Hi Jack

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Jackal on hotel grounds

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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High jacked - jackal on the wall

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Jackal and ele poop

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Jackal

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
On the road
Namibia
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Jackel and pinnipeds

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Jackal imprinted

Southern black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) ssp mesomelas)
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Gobabeb
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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