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title: "Black-backed Jackal"
description: "Lupulella mesomelas — Zoogdieren. The black-backed jackal is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-backed-jackal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-backed Jackal

> Lupulella mesomelas — Zoogdieren. The black-backed jackal is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Lupulella mesomelas*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 7961
- iNaturalist taxon: [1210966](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1210966)

## Names

- en: Black-backed Jackal
- de: Schabrackenschakal
- es: Chacal de lomo negro
- fr: Chacal à chabraque

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2889), NA (1436), KE (1372), TZ (770), BW (654), ZW (132), ET (17), SZ (13), AO (10), ZM (4)

## Summary

The black-backed jackal is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 km (560 mi).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-backed_jackal

## Photo

![Black-backed Jackal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-backed-jackal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8359649

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-backed-jackal?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).