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	ADW: Canis aureus: Information
		Golden jackals of the Serengeti court at the end of the dry season and produce pups during the rainy season.
		Golden jackals may be involved in the spread of rabies; in 1979 two young children were attacked and killed by jackals.
		The golden jackal is prevalent and is not threatened.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Canis_aureus.html (1322 words)

	Jackal - Search View - MSN Encarta
		It is slightly bigger than the fl-backed jackal, standing at a shoulder height of 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20 in) and weighing 7 to 14 kg (15 to 31 lb).
		The jackal is nocturnal in areas inhabited by humans, but may be active during the day in areas where it is not molested.
		The golden jackal is classified as Canis aureus, the fl-backed jackal as Canis mesomelas, the side-striped jackal as Canis adustus, and the Simien jackal as Canis simensis.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761552789__1/Jackal.html (511 words)

	jackal - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The golden jackal is common from northern Africa to...
		A jackal is any of four small to medium-sized members of the family Canidae, found in Africa and Asia.
		The Jackal is a 1997 suspense film starring Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Diane Venora and Sidney Poitier, directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
	encarta.msn.com /jackal.html (231 words)

	Golden Jackal in Iranzoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The golden jackal's species name, aureus, means golden in Latin and it is almost like the old Persian fable that says:" The yellow dog is the brother of the Jackal".
		Golden jackals live 10 to 13 years in the wild and up to 16 in captivity.
		Jackal is nocturnal in areas inhabited by humans, but is also commonly sighted during the daylight hours, especially when the climate is harsh or the weather bad.
	iranzoo.tripod.com /Golden-Jackal/Golden-Jackal.html (1120 words)

	Jackal (species) - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia
		The jackal is a group of canids of the genus canis, closely related to the wolf and the domestic dog.
		The golden and fl-backed jackals are common in India, North Africa and the Middle East.
		The appeal of the jackal among furry fans is almost certainly because the Egyptian god Anubis was typically portrayed with the head of a jackal.
	furry.wikia.com /wiki/Jackal (239 words)

	Jackal
		There are four species of jackal:- the golden jackal (sometimes known as the common or Indian jackal), the fl-backed jackal (sometimes known as the silver-backed), the side-striped jackal, and the very rare Simien jackal.
		Golden jackals usually live in pairs or small family groups and all members of a family unit play a part in defending their territory and hunting.
		Golden jackals pair for life and the male guards his mate from rivals during the breeding season (October in East Africa, December in Southeast Europe, and all year round in India).
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/jackal.html (804 words)

	informatie Jakhals
		The three species of jackal in East Africa are the golden or common jackal, the side-striped jackal and the fl-backed or silver-backed jackal.
		The golden jackal is somewhat shorter and stockier, and the fl-backed is the most slender and upstanding, with noticeably larger ears.
		This jackal is drabber in color, has a white tip on the tail and indistinct fl and white stripes along the sides of the body.
	www.outtoafrica.nl /animals/jackal.html?zenden=2&subsoort_id=1&bestemming_id=1 (751 words)

	Jackal
		The jackal is one of a number of small-to-medium-sized members of the Canidae family found in Africa and Asia.
		Jackals fill a similar ecological niche as does the coyote in North America, that of scavenger and lesser predator.
		Jackals may occasionally assemble in small packs, but normally hunt alone.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ja/Jackal.html (49 words)

	Golden Jackal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Golden Jackals (Canis aureus), also called Asiatic or Common Jackals, are small jackals native to northern and central Africa and southern Asia.
		Golden Jackals have golden reddish-yellow fur with a white mark on the throat, but the color can vary with age, region, season, such as in the winter the coat darkens.
		Golden Jackals tend to live in small family groups consisting of a mother, father and some of their offspring, which serve as "helpers".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Golden_Jackal (307 words)

	Jackal.eu
		Jackals may occasionally assemble in small packs, for example to scavenge a carcass, but normally hunt alone or as a pair.
		The Simian Jackal is actually a wolf that is thought to have taken on the appearance of a large fox or jackal through convergent evolution (by adopting a similar diet of small rodents), and the other three 'true jackals' are believed to have split from each other 6 mya.
		The Golden Jackal is thought to have evolved in Asia whilst the other two species evolved in Africa.
	jackal.eu (413 words)

	Pictures, Photos of Jackals
		Three species are usually recognized: the golden, or Asiatic, jackal (C. Aureus), found from eastern Europe and northeast Africa to Southeast Asia, and the fl-backed (C. mesomelas) and side-striped (C. adustus) jackals of southern and eastern Africa.
		The golden jackal is yellowish; the fl-backed jackal is rusty red with a fl back; and the side-striped jackal is grayish with a white-tipped tail and an indistinct stripe on each side.
		Like other members of the genus, jackals sing at evening; their cry is considered more dismaying to human ears than that of the hyena.
	www.shunya.net /Pictures/Animals/Jackals.htm (262 words)

	Jackal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A jackal is any of four small to medium-sized members of the family Canidae, found in Africa and Asia.
		The Simian Jackal is actually a wolf that is thought to have taken on the appearance of a large fox or jackal through convergent evolution (by adopting a similar diet of small rodents), and the other three 'true jackals' are believed to have split from each other 6 mya.
		The Golden Jackal is thought to have evolved in Asia whilst the other two species evolved in Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jackal (446 words)

	Golden Jackal - Canis aureus
		The young Jackals are born in a den which is in the parents territory.
		The Jackal is a predator and it helps the environment by keeping the rodent, gazelle, bird, and frog population down.
		The Golden Jackal is abundant in the Mediterranean chaparral.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /golden_jackal.htm (277 words)

	travelsrilanka - The Sri Lanka Jackal - Sri Lanka
		Jackals are territorial and mark their territories with scented urine and fecal deposits in prominent places.
		Given the vast range of the common jackal from the savannahs and deserts of Africa to the forests of South Asia and all lands in between, comparative studies of regional populations should reveal considerable variation in diet and behaviour.
		However, jackals cannot survive urbanisation and the total agricultural conversion of the landscape - a transformation that is gathering pace throughout rural Sri Lanka.
	www.travelsrilanka.com /index.cfm?PAGE=1252 (936 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: Wildlife: Mammals: Black-backed jackal
		Occupies mainly the intermediate habitat between the plains, preferred by the golden jackal, and deciduous forests, which are the haunt of the side-striped jackal.
		If the prey is big, the jackal may grab the carcass with its jaws to carry it to the den, but whenever possible it will use a different system to avoid losing the prey to hyenas: swallowing food and carrying it inside the stomach to the den, where it will regurgitate for feeding the pups.
		However, occasionally it is the female jackal that perforates the den in soft earth, a 1-2 m tunnel with a single entrance.
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/fauna/chacal.html (1209 words)

	Biodiversity of Sri Lanka - The Golden Jackal
		The Golden Jackal is the sole member of the family Canidae in Sri Lanka and one of the 14 species of carnivores found in the island.
		Although jackals can be encountered at any time of the day, they are particularly active in the early mornings and late evenings, and are well adapted to survive in areas inhabited by man. Intensive hunting activity usually begins before dusk since crepuscular temperatures have been shown to be ideal for scent tracking.
		Jackals are skilful hunters of small birds and mammals such as fl-naped hare (Lepus negricollis) In the RNP, although a jackal may chase and kill with considerable success prey such as the young of spotted deer (Axis axis), it is more often seen scavenging.
	www.manrecap.com /golden-jackal.html (1445 words)

	anema hotel karlovasi samos island information jackal
		The golden jackal is a medium-sized, nocturnal canid, whose pelt colours are quite variable.
		Jackals have a reputation for being sneaky, skulking scavengers and nuisance animals that steal domestic sheep and lambs but on the contrary they're 50% vegetarian and an overall benefit to agriculture.
		In Greece, this reputation is seriously affecting the survival of the country's golden jackals (Canis aureus).
	www.samos-travel.com /anema-hotel/jackal.html (225 words)

	NATURE: Jackals of the African Crater - A Jackal's Life
		Indeed, jackals need all the creativity and cunning they can muster to survive on the rolling grasslands and marshes of Africa's Ngorongoro Crater, where three species of jackal -- golden, fl-backed, and side-striped -- struggle to raise families and find food.
		Some studies of golden jackals, for instance, found that nearly half of their meals consisted of plants, and that they will eat everything from eggs and frogs to grasshoppers and snakes.
		Jackals also have remarkably expressive body language, using everything from a submissive "heads down" posture to athletic body slams to communicate their place in the pack.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/jackals/life.html (659 words)

	AWF: Wildlife: Jackal
		This jackal is drabber in color, has a white tip on the tail and indistinct stripes along the sides of the body.
		The fl-backed jackal is recognized by the mantle of fl hair on the back that contrasts with the rust-colored body.
		Jackals live singly or in pairs, but are sometimes found in loose packs of related individuals.
	www.awf.org /content/wildlife/detail/jackal?print=true (650 words)

	Living Library \| Jackals \| Article in Mammals
		The golden jackal is able to survive in true desert, ranging throughout the Sahara but extending southwards to the Serengeti-Mara where it outnumbers its relatives on the short-grass plains (it also occurs across Arabia into India).
		Golden jackals are one of the few mammalian predators of flamingoes - readily rushing into shallow water to seize a bird before it can take off.
		Jackals have been seen to follow hunting lion and cheetah, to shadow hyena clans and rush to the place where vultures are seen descending from the sky.
	www.wildwatch.com /living_library/mammals-2/jackals (1025 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) facts and pictures
		The golden jackal is the jackal that is attributed to Anubis, the Egyptian god of death.
		The male jackal's penis has a bone called a baculum, and at the base of his penis is a ring that swells during copulation, creating what is called a copulatory tie.
		Golden jackals eat as much as they can in the shortest time period, which means that they do not chew their food.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=22 (1095 words)

	O'Reilly Media -- Bookstore: Web Site Cookbook
		The golden jackal has long been associated with superstitions about death and evil spirits, which were most likely inspired by their nocturnal habits, eerie howling, and affinity for lurking on the edges of deserts, especially near cemeteries.
		Jackals are among a small group of monogamous mammalian species.
		Of course, jackals have a few predators of their own to worry about, such as leopards, hyenas, eagles, and sometimes humans, who kill them for their fur.
	www.oreilly.com /catalog/websiteckbk/colophon.html (324 words)

	MTN 60:15-17 Controlling Turtle Egg Predators in the Goksu Delta, Turkey: Some Options
		In the case of the Goksu Delta, it is not known if the golden jackal is a native predator or has been introduced by man; however, it is believed that jackal populations have increased in the region since a hunting ban was imposed in 1990.
		Knowledge of the golden jackal will not easily be achieved at Goksu, and unfortunately it is impossible to generalize on jackal diet and social behavior from research at other sites.
		Jackals, like most canidae, are highly adaptable to different environments, with variations in the distribution and abundance of prey causing variation in the sizes of social groups and home ranges (Macdonald, 1992).
	www.seaturtle.org /mtn/archives/mtn60/mtn60p15.shtml (1017 words)

	Golden jackal - Canis aureus at Olejar's Encyclopedia of Animals
		Jackals are strictly nocturnal in areas inhabited by humans, but may be partly diurnal elsewhere.
		Jackals live in monogamous mated pairs - male and female mates live together for their entire lives and raise the young together.
		Golden jackals live together in pairs (together with its young) but often hunt in family troops.
	www.animals.ys.sk /show_entry.php?animal=1168511884 (386 words)

	The Living Edens "In The Wild-The Jackal" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The golden jackal (Canis aureus) is common from northern Africa to southeastern Europe and India.
		The fl-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), and Simien jackal (Canis simensis) are found in Africa.
		The jackal's coat is typically grizzled tawny-buff in color; the tip of the bushy tail is dark.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~neils/africa/jackal.htm (321 words)

	Dave Taylor's African Safari: Trophic Level III: Omnivores and Small Carnivores - Black-backed Jackal - Page 41
		Golden jackals are better suited to the open plains but the fl-backed jackal does better in the woodland edges.
		Because jackals are so widespread and much more numerous, they are much more likely to find an animal that dies of old age or illness than spotted hyenas or lions are.
		Oddly, fl-backed jackal pups are less likely than a golden jackal's pups to help raise their younger siblings.
	www.sensesofwildness.com /africa/2_4/04_41.HTM (579 words)

	Golden Jackal, Common Jackal (Canis aureus)
		The Indian or golden jackals, found in North Africa, Asia, and south-eastern Europe are brownish-yellow in color.
		The fl-backed jackals, found in eastern and southern Africa, are grayish-fl with lighter underfur, and a fl-tipped tail.
		The side-striped jackals, found in parts of central and southern Africa, have a pair of light and dark stripes on each side of their bodies and white-tipped tails.
	www.animalweb.com /animalworld/showanimal.asp?iid=449 (145 words)

	Field Trip Earth
		Golden jackal males (9 kg) are larger than the females (7 kg), and male-female pairs, or family groups, are frequently seen hunting together.
		Jackals are active during the day and at night, and it is not unusual to see them in the open at the hottest hours of the day in areas protected from hunting.
		Jackals are capable predators, bringing down prey as large as spotted deer when they hunt in groups.
	www.fieldtripearth.org /print-article.xml?id=846 (1470 words)

	Jackal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jackal is a common name of any of four species of Old World wild dogs.
		The Asian, or golden, jackal, Canis aureus, is common from Northern Africa to southeastern Europe and India.
		The fl-backed jackal, C. mesomelas, and the side-striped jackal, C. adustus, inhabit eastern and southern Africa.
	www.bus.ualberta.ca /yreshef/jnf/jackal.html (139 words)

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