Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775

Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 2, 14: pl. 95 [1775]; see also text, 3 (21): 370 [1776], 586 [1777].

Type Locality: "Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung" [South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].

Vernacular Names: Black-backed Jackal.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Canis mesomelas subsp. mesomelas Schreber 1775

Subspecies Canis mesomelas subsp. schmidti Noack 1897

Distribution: Allopatric south and east African populations: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Walton and Joly (2003).