🐾Side-striped jackal
The side-striped jackal is a canine native to Central and Southern Africa.
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IUCN Red List assessment.
- Body mass
- 10 kg
- Body length
- 0.82 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 19 years
Everything we know about the Side-striped jackal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass10 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 10 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.82 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass54 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan19 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 14 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.24 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity250 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation64 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 64 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.01 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.74 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l10 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Side-striped jackal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCanis
- ›speciesCanis adustus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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