Black backed Jackal

The Black backed Jackal lives in the grasslands of East Africa. The Jackal is about as big as a small Labrador. The Jackal is golden in color and has a large black strip down its back, and its legs are made especially long for running. The Jackal hunts in packs of about 5-7, but sometimes members get cast out by dominant males. It eats small antelopes, reptiles, small rodents, birds, fruits, berries, and grass. Also the Jackal picks up scraps from larger carnivores kills. Female Jackals have 5-6 babies per year and take care of the male pups for about 2 months before they start living on their own. But the female pups stay with the mother their whole lives, and only the dominant male and female of the pack would have the pups and the other half of the group would basically help babysit. The predators of the wild Jackal are humans and have been losing habitat because of the growing, living places of the humans. Credits go to: AFW Wildlife

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