A black-backed Jackal, Canis mesomelas at looking around carefully at a waterhole in the Auob river in the Kgalagadi National Park, South Africa

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A black-backed Jackal, Canis mesomelas at looking around carefully at a waterhole in the Auob river in the Kgalagadi National Park, South Africa. Black-backed Jackals, are a common predator and scavenger native to southern and eastern Africa.

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Size: 4324px × 2883px
Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Photo credit: © Marieke Peche / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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