![]() (Most books and websites insist on calling them “black-backed”, which has always struck me as odd, given that their beautiful grizzled upperparts are so striking.)Įvery day I would get up before dawn to search for these small, fleet-footed carnivores. ![]() My chosen subjects were silver-backed jackals. ![]() Above all, the adults form stable pair bonds. Monogamy is relatively unusual in the animal kingdom as a whole, and among mammals in particular, though it is common in the Canidae – the family that includes jackals, foxes, coyotes, wolves and African wild dogs.īut why? What are the benefits of forming lasting relationships? This was one of my first questions when I began studying jackals in the Serengeti.
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