Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Laurent Geslin / Black backed jackals fighting {Canis mesomelas} Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Black backed jackal, submission {Canis mesomelas} Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting an adult Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) weakened by drought, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Ann & Steve Toon / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing doves from waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January 2012

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) searching through grass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male grooming female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) one pup grooming another, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) running, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) 6-9 months peering out from the entrance to the den. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009