Black-backed jackal
species of mammal
The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas or Lupulella mesomelas) is a canine that comes from eastern and southern Africa.
| Canis mesomelas Temporal range: Pliocene - recent
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| C. m. mesomelas Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | C. mesomelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Canis mesomelas Schreber, 1775
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2 subspecies, see text | |
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| Black-backed jackal range, with C. m. mesomelas in blue and C. m. schmidti in red | |
The black-backed jackal lives in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It is a least concern species. It is still killed because, it attacks farm animals and it carries rabies.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ Hoffmann, M. (2014). "Canis mesomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T3755A46122476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T3755A46122476.en.
- ↑ Hoffmann, M. (2014). "Canis mesomelas".
- ↑ Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
