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Predators
Black-backed jackal
Black-backed jackal · Lupulella mesomelas
The black-backed jackal is striking with its dark back and is usually active at dusk in the savannah.
Fact file
- Size
- Shoulder height 40 cm, weight 7 to 13 kg
- Males and females
- Sex differences hardly visible externally
- Sounds
- Howling calls, often at dusk
- Diet
- Omnivore, often small mammals, carrion, insects and fruit
- Offspring
- 2 to 6 young per litter, birth usually in spring
How to identify Black-backed jackal
The black-backed jackal is easily recognised by its conspicuously dark-coloured back, which contrasts sharply with the reddish-yellow flanks. The fur on its back looks like a saddlecloth, which gave the animal its German name. The head is slender, with a pointed snout and large, erect ears.
It reaches a shoulder height of about 40 centimetres and normally weighs between 7 and 13 kilograms. In profile, the black-backed jackal appears slim and agile. Its bushy tail has a dark tip.
More in the app
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- 12 places where you can see Black-backed jackal
Where Black-backed jackal live
Namibia
- Damaraland
- Brandberg
- Dolomite & Olifantsrus
- Erongo Gebirge
- Etosha Nationalpark
- Fish River Canyon
- Halali
- Hoanib
- Kalahari
- Kaokoland
- Lüderitz
- Namib-Naukluft
- Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark
- NamibRand Nature Reserve
- Namutoni
- Okaukuejo
- Palmwag
- Rundu
- Skelettküste
- Sossusvlei
- Spitzkoppe
- Swakopmund
- Twyfelfontein
- Walvis Bay
- Waterberg Plateau
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