Black-backed jackal
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| phylum | Chordata | The black-backed jackal, also known as the silver-backed or red jackal inhabits two areas of the African continent separated by roughly 900 km.
The fossil record indicates the species is the oldest extant member of the genus Canis. Although the most lightly built of jackals, it is the most aggressive, having been observed to singly kill animals many times its own size, and its intrapack relationships are more quarrelsome. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Canidae |
| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Carnivora | |
| suborder | Caniformia | |
| family | Canidae | |
| genus | Canis | |
| species | C. mesomelas |
