Talk:Jackal
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I removed the bat-eared fox, it is not a jackal. The simian wolf is not one either, but I left it there in case the taxanomy we use wikipedia still sees it as such...Sabine 06:17, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Any info on what species of jackal Anubis would have been?--Sonjaaa 00:34, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Genus, "in part"
Can anyone explain to me what the "in part" after the Genus in the taxobox means? --Iustinus 17:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- It means that jackals are part of the genus Canis but there are others that are Canis but not jackals (the wolves). Sabine's Sunbird talk 18:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I guess normally when you see that Genus=X on a page you assume that that genus is exactly equal to the common name, so fair enough. And I also suppose that this is necessary because there is no smaller taxon to which all jackals, but not wolves et al. belong? --Iustinus 19:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- it means someone tried to say the jackals were spread accross two or more genuses, which is inaccurate. So I took the liberty of fixing that. --TaeKwonTimmy 00:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Behavior
The jackal is one of the most cunning animals in the animal kingdom. Here some examples for this: If big mammals get children, the jackals wait for the moment of the birth to capture the "kids" or eating the afterbirth. They accompany the big predators too, in hope to "take away" some meat of their prey. They "organize" hunting societies with other beast of preys. They "playing dead animal" and suddenly they attack the prey. Tey are wqaiting by ill big animals, in hope they will die. --Fackel 21:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
