#0283 · 🦊 mammals
Black-backed Jackal
🇳🇱 Zadeljakhals ·Lupulella mesomelas
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what is it?
The black-backed jackal ( Lupulella mesomelas ) is a medium sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 kilometers.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 8,188 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Black-backed Jackal
- Nederlands
- Zadeljakhals
- scientific name
- Lupulella mesomelas
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Canidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 8,188
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Canidae
#0010 📷 7Red Fox
🇳🇱 Vos
Vulpes vulpes
LC 👀 391 in NL
#0028 📷 8Gray Wolf
🇳🇱 Wolf
Canis lupus
LC 👀 42 in NL
#0045 📷 10Mainland Raccoon Dog
🇳🇱 Marterhond
Nyctereutes procyonoides
LC 👀 7 in NL
#0200 📷 10Coyote
Canis latrans
LC 🌍 163.1k seen
#0207 📷 9Gray Fox
🇳🇱 Grijze Vos
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
LC 🌍 48.6k seen
#0099 📷 7Golden Jackal
🇳🇱 Gewone Jakhals
Canis aureus
LC 🌍 7.4k seen
#0315 📷 10Crab-eating Fox
🇳🇱 Krabbenetende Vos
Cerdocyon thous
LC 🌍 5.6k seen
#0347 📷 9Culpeo
🇳🇱 Andesvos
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LC 🌍 4.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1210966, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.