Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) chasing ring-neck doves, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Black-backed Jackal, Lupulella mesomelas, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia

Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) pup, Mashatu game reserve, Botswana

An adult black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) hunting Burchell's sandgrouse prey (Pterocles burchelli), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) hunting Cape turtle doves (Streptopilia capicola), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas), Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Two black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) stand nibbling gazelle carcase in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) stands with kill watching camera in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) walks across gravel licking lips, Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

Black backedJackal (Canis mesomelas) at a waterhole in the Savuti savannah of Botswana in September .