black-backed jackal

English

A black-backed jackal.

Noun

black-backed jackal (plural black-backed jackals)

Canis mesomelas, a species of jackal which inhabits the southernmost and central-eastern regions of the African continent.

Synonyms

(Canis mesomelas): red jackal, silver-backed jackal

Hyponyms

(Canis mesomelas): Cape jackal (Canis mesomelas mesomelas), East African jackal (Canis mesomelas schmidti)

Translations

See also: Wikipedia:Black-backed jackal#Local and indigenous names

Canis mesomelas

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑背胡狼 (hēibèi húláng)
Dutch: zadeljakhals m, zwartrugjakhals m
Esperanto: nigradorsa ŝakalo
Finnish: vaippasakaali
French: chacal à chabraque (fr) m
Hungarian: panyókás sakál
Japanese: セグロジャッカル (seguro jakkaru), 背黒ジャッカル (seguro jakkaru)
Latvian: melnmuguras šakālis m

Lithuanian: juodnugaris šakalas m
Malay: jakal berbelakang hitam
Navajo: mąʼii bighą́ąʼgi hadzíjiní
Russian: чепра́чный шака́л m (čepráčnyj šakál)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црнолеђи шакал m

Roman: crnoleđi šakal m
Spanish: chacal de lomo negro m, chacal de gualdrapa m

Further reading

black-backed jackal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Canis mesomelas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Canis mesomelas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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