Golden Jackal

About Golden Jackal:

• It is also known as the common jackal and is a medium-sized wolf-like canid.
• It is strictly nocturnal in areas inhabited by humans, but may be partly diurnal elsewhere.
• It digs caverns for shelter, or uses crevices in rocks, or caverns that were dug by other animals.
• It lives in mated pairs and is strictly monogamous.
• Diet: It is omnivorous.
• Habitat: It is abundant in valleys and along rivers and their tributaries, canals, lakes, and seashores, but is rare in foothills and low mountains.
• Distribution: North and East Africa, Southeastern Europe and South Asia to Burma.
• It is quite widespread across India. Right from the Himalayan foothills, down to the Western Ghats, the Golden Jackal has a wide distribution.
• Conservation Status
  • IUCN: Least Concern
  • CITES: Appendix III
  • Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I.