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Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal)

witkwasjakkals, grysjakkals [Afrikaans]; Streifenschakal [German]; chacal ŕ  flancs rayé [French]; bweha [Swahili]; ikhanka, igowa, ipungutjha enemida [isiNdebele]; udyakalashe [isiXhosa]; impungushe [isiZulu]; pukubje [Sepedi]; phokojwe [Sesotho]; rantalaję, rantalajwę, swate [Setswana]; gava [Shona]; inkalwane, jakalasi, imphungushe [siSwati]; hlathi, mhungubye [Xitsonga]; dabe [Tshivenda]; luwawa [Lozi]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Ferae > Carnivora > Family: Canidae (foxes, dogs and jackals)

Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal) Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal)

Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal), Murchisan Falls National Park, Uganda. [photos Trevor Hardaker ©]

Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal) Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal)

Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal) sub-adult, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Lorinda Steenkamp ©]

Canis adustus (Side-striped jackal), Murchisan Falls National Park, Uganda. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]