Suzi Eszterhas / Side-striped jackal (Canis adustus) Sabi Sands, South Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus) and White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Hermann Brehm / Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus) Little Kwara, Botswana June

Hermann Brehm / Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus) Little Kwara, Botswana June

Eric Baccega / Side-striped jackal (Canis adustus) walking across savanna, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Will Burrard-Lucas / Side-striped jackal (Canis adustus) in the beam of a light, taken with a remote camera. Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda. November

Will Burrard-Lucas / Side striped jacakal (Canis adustus) resting, Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia.

Wim van den Heever / Side striped jackal (Canis adustus), Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Side striped jackal (Canis adustus), Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Christophe Courteau / Side-Striped Jackal (Canis adustus) at night, lit by a spotlight. Okavango Delta, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus) attacking White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) at kill, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Mary McDonald / Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus) standing in grassland, Kopjes, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania