Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal approaching with curiosity - remote camera (Canis mesomelas). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) pups waiting at their den on Mashatu Game Reserve, Tuli, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing in the middle of the vast Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) three puppies at the den, Botswana.

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing next to a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Tony Heald / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. January

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting an adult Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) weakened by drought, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Ann & Steve Toon / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing doves from waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January 2012

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) searching through grass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male grooming female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) one pup grooming another, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) running, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) 6-9 months peering out from the entrance to the den. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pups (Canis mesomelas), 6-9 months playing together. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Pack of Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) scavenging on the remains of a carcass left by African lions ( Panthera leo) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) approaching an African lioness feeding on a kill (Panthera leo) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) waiting at an African lion (Panthera leo) kill to scavenge. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Jouan & Rius / Black-Backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) portrait, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Tony Heald / Black backed jackal {Canis mesomelas} trying to catch doves, Etosha national park, Namibia.

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} being attacked by an aggresive Black backed jackal {Canis mesomelas} Etosha NP, Namibia

Anup Shah / Spotted hyaena {Crocuta crocuta}carrying carcass in mouth followed by three Black backed jackals {Canis mesomelas} Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeds on Cape Fur Seal pup (Arctocephalus pusillus) in colony at Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Anup Shah / Cape Fur Seal pup (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) fends off Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Black backed jackal, submission {Canis mesomelas} Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Black backed jackals fighting {Canis mesomelas} Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal pups outside their den, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Tony Heald / Black backed jackal {Canis mesomelas} howling, Etosha NP, Namibia Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Tony Heald / Black backed jackal greeting pup {Canis mesomelas} Etosha NP, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking at waterhole, Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) pup, four weeks old, peeking out of den, Masai Mara, Kenya

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Minden / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), Addo National Park, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) confronting a Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres), Giant's Castle Nature Reserve, Drakensberg, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), Giant's Castle Nature Reserve, Drakensberg, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on carcass together with Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres), Giant's Castle Nature Reserve, Drakensberg, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) running, Nossob River, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) running, Nossob River, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), Khutse Game Reserve, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

Hermann Brehm / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomeles) juvenile at entrance of its den, Masai Mara, Kenya

Hermann Brehm / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomeles), family, Masai Mara, Kenya

Hermann Brehm / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomeles), Masai Mara, Kenya

Guy Edwardes / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) in grassland, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana.