Editing Jackal (section)

== Species ==
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!Species
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!Description
!Range
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|'''[[Black-backed jackal]]'''<br />''Lupulella mesomelas''
[[File:L. m. mesomelas, Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality 3.jpg|150 px]]
|[[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1775
|The most lightly built jackal, once considered to be the oldest living member of the genus ''Canis'',<ref name="CLAW">{{cite book | author=Macdonald, David | title=The Velvet Claw | year=1992 | isbn=978-0-563-20844-0 | page=[https://archive.org/details/velvetclawnatura00macd/page/256 256] | publisher=BBC Books | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/velvetclawnatura00macd/page/256 }}</ref> it is now placed in the genus ''Lupulella''. It is the most aggressive of the jackals, being known to attack animal prey many times its own weight, and it has more quarrelsome intrapack relationships.<ref name=estes>{{cite book |title=The behavior guide to African mammals: including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates |first=Richard |last=Estes |publisher=University of California Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-520-08085-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0520080858 }}</ref>
|Southern Africa and eastern coast of [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], and [[Ethiopia]]
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|'''[[Side-striped jackal]]'''<br />''Lupulella adustus''<br /><span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:CANIS ADUSTUS dans le park zoologique de kinshasa (cropped).jpg|150 px]]</span>
|[[Carl Jakob Sundevall|Sundevall]], 1847
| It primarily resides in wooded areas, unlike other jackal species. It is the least aggressive of the jackals, rarely preying on large mammals.<ref name="ssj">{{cite web | title = Side-Striped Jackal | publisher = Canids.org | url = http://www.canids.org/species/side-striped_jackal.pdf | access-date = 2010-03-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090220010219/http://www.canids.org/species/Side-striped_jackal.pdf | archive-date = 2009-02-20 }}</ref>
|[[central Africa|Central]] and southern Africa
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|'''[[Golden jackal]]'''<br />''Canis aureus''<br />[[File:Golden jackal in Jorasi Range.jpeg|150 px]]
|[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
|The largest and most widespread of the jackals, it is more closely related to wolves than to African jackal species.
|[[Southeastern Europe]], Middle East, western Asia, and [[South Asia]]
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