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Wild dogs

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GOLDEN JACKAL
Canis aureus
Lifespan 10-12 years
Adult weight 7-11kg © Thinkstock
(15-24lbs)
Conservation status
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Dogs in numbers

1.6 km 2.1 117,000 88 197 1 23

A lone jackal is
Distance from metres km 2 three times less
which Arctic Rough number Number of Number of coyotes Number of likely to catch
foxes can detect The height that of golden jackals Largest area of a mature Ethiopian killed in the US different species prey than jackals
hunting in pairs
seal lairs dholes can jump in Europe dhole’s territory wolves in the wild each minute of fox

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AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus
Lifespan Up to 11 years
Adult weight 18-36kg
(39.5-79lbs)
Conservation status

ENDANGERED

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