Carnivores
🐺Black-backed jackal
Lupulella Hilzheimer, 1906
The black-backed jackal is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 km (560 mi).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.
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Schabrackenschakal (de), Chacal à chabraque (fr), Lupulella mesomelas (pt), Lupulella mesomelas (ca), Lupulella mesomelas (it), Lupulella mesomelas (es) … and 18 more languages
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