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black backed jackal

central kalahari

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Lovely portrait, almost like he or she is posing for you! Posted 9 years ago
  2. View morpheme's profile
    morpheme
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    I guess my mind associates "jackal" with the Egyptian statue version, so I'm always surprised how much the real ones remind me of coyote. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
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    dunlak
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    thanks Posted 9 years ago

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The Black-backed jackal

The black-backed jackal is a canid native to two areas of Africa, separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. The other area is along the eastern coastline, including Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia.

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Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by dunlak
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By dunlak

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Uploaded Nov 18, 2015. Captured Mar 9, 2015 06:05 in Unnamed Road, Botswana.
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  • Canon EOS 6D
  • f/14.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO400
  • 330mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.