| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Canidae
- ----- species: Canis adustus
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| Characteristics: | omnivore; height: 35-50cm; the coat is grey or greyish-brown with a white stripe on each flank; the belly and insides of the legs are lighter; the ears stand erect; the dark,bushy tail has a white tip which distinguishes the Side-striped Jackal from the Black-backed Jackal; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 132 |
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