Animals / Mammal

Black-backed jackal

Canis mesomelas · Canidae

The black-backed jackal is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 km (560 mi).

Where the Black-backed jackal lives

Recorded in Namibia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana (Africa).

Most records fall in Rift Valley, Oshikoto, Eastern, North-West, Arusha and Hardap.

See the Black-backed jackal’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 593 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.