Golden jackal

Canis aureus · Canidae

The golden jackal, 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 more pointed muzzle than the Arabian wolf.

Where the Golden jackal lives

Recorded in Israel and India (Asia).

Most records fall in HaZafon, HaDarom, HaMerkaz, Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

See the Golden 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 62,971 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.