mini|desno|250px|Canis mesomelas Šakal je jedna vrsta divljeg psa koji vodi noćni život. Kruži savanom u paru ili u čoporu u potrazi za hranom: glodarima, zečevima, zmijama i gušterima. Često slijedi hijenu, ali se leševima približava tek kada se hijene udalje. Literatura The New Encyclopedia of Mammals edited by David Macdonald, Oxford University Press, 2001; Cry of the Kalahari, by Mark and Delia Owens, Mariner Books, 1992. The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores, by David MacDonald, BBC Books, 1992. Foxes, Wolves, and Wild Dogs of the World, by David Alderton, Facts on File, 2004. Vanjski linkovi https://web.archive.org/web/20110104151039/http://www.canids.org/species/Coyote.pdf http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jackal https://web.archive.org/web/20080416085153/http://www.holgerhomann.us/Thos_vs%20%20Canis.htm
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