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Golden Jackal The Jackal
is much like a small wolf. It has long hair with a
long and fluffy tail. It stands as tall as a
moderately tall dog and has a bone structure common
to the Canis family. It has long pointed ears and a
medium sized pointed snout The body length of a
Jackal is 70 to 80 cm. and its tail is about 25 cm.
When standing, it is about 40 cm. high. The color
of the Jackals fur is yellow to pale gold. The fur
on a jackal is smooth. The claws of a Jackal are
about a inch long. It weighs about 8 to 10
kg. In the winter it gets colder and the Jackal grows a thick coat of hair in preparation to this season. The Jackal has also adapted to eating insects. Jackals are omnivores. They eat 54% meat and 46% plants and have a very varied diet. The foods they consume are young gazelles, rodents, hares, ground birds and their eggs, reptiles, frogs, fish, insects, and fruits. The Jackal is a predator and it helps the environment by keeping the rodent, gazelle, bird, and frog population down. The Golden Jackal is abundant in the Mediterranean chaparral. It is currently not on the endangered species list. by Julius L. 2001
bibliography: "Jackal", "Golden or Asiatic
jackal", "Canis aureus",
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