Predators & furbearers
Golden jackal
Canis aureus
- Group
- Predators & furbearers
- Size class
- Medium (10–70 kg)
- Family
- Canidae
Range
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa
Habitat
- Scrub
- Farmland
Range
Countries it is found in
60 countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Bhutan
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Golden jackal. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Malaika Mathew ChawlaCC BY
Cross-reference
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