Black-backed jackal

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas or Lupulella mesomelas) is a canine that comes from eastern and southern Africa.

Canis mesomelas Temporal range: Pliocene - recent
C. m. mesomelas Etosha National Park, Namibia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. mesomelas
Binomial name
Canis mesomelas Schreber, 1775
Subspecies
2 subspecies, see text
Black-backed jackal range, with C. m. mesomelas in blue and C. m. schmidti in red

The black-backed jackal lives in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It is a least concern species. It is still killed because, it attacks farm animals and it carries rabies.^[2][3]