Predators & furbearers
Black-backed jackal
Lupulella mesomelas
- Group
- Predators & furbearers
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Canidae
Range
- Africa
Habitat
- Savanna
- Desert
Range
Countries it is found in
20 countries
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Black-backed jackal. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Christiaan ViljoenCC BY
Cross-reference
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