Side-striped Jackal (scientific name: Canis adustus) is also known as Side-striped Jackal in English. There are 6 subspecies.
Side-striped Jackal is monogamous, with a relatively stable family structure. It regularly marks its territory with scent and resists intruders, and has a strong sense of territory. They are strictly nocturnal animals, and their activity peaks before dawn. There are usually 6 jackals in each territory, but there are rare records of 12, including parents and their adult children. Side-striped jackals usually search for prey alone or in pairs. They use scent markings to mark their territory. They can make many kinds of sounds to warn intruders and contact family members.
Side-striped jackals eat everything from insects to plants, and also pick carrion. They can spread rabies.
Side-striped jackals raise newborns together. They mate before the rainy season every year, which is from June to October. The gestation period is 57-70 days, and 3-6 cubs are born per litter. The lactation period is 8-10 weeks. They reach sexual maturity at 6-8 months old and leave their parents at 11 months old.
The distribution range of the side-striped jackal is wide, and it is not close to the critical value of vulnerable and endangered species survival (distribution area or fluctuation range is less than 20,000 square kilometers, habitat quality, population size, and distribution area fragmentation). The population trend is stable, so it is evaluated as a species with no survival crisis.
Listed in the 2014 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver 3.1-Least Concern (LC).
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