Skull Base, The online skull database

Skull Base needs your help!

Donate and send your wish list.

Black-backed jackal

Canis mesomelas

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Datasheet

Sex: male

Age: adult

Skull length: 15.4 cm

Skull width: 8.85 cm

Skull height: 6.5 cm

Skull weight: 90.51 g

Owner: Hungarian Natural History Museum

Inventory number: 60.205.1.

Collecting date: 23 January 1960

Collecting area: Laivevero, Tanzania

Uploaded: 22 June 2017

Wikipedia

Note: The skull is the property of and the photos are authenticated by the Hungarian Natural History Museum.

British flag

360 degree view

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) skull

High resolution images

Click on the thumbnails below to open the image in full size.

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) skull lateral view Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) skull dorsal view Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) skull ventral view Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) jaw

Comments

Click here for terms of use.

More skull(s) from family Canidae

Maned wolf - Chrysocyon brachyurus

Maned wolf
Chrysocyon brachyurus

Bat-eared fox - Otocyon megalotis

Bat-eared fox
Otocyon megalotis

Red fox - Vulpes vulpes

Red fox
Vulpes vulpes

Common jackal - Canis aureus aureus

Common jackal
Canis aureus aureus

Pampas fox - Lycalopex gymnocercus

Pampas fox
Lycalopex gymnocercus

Fennec fox - Vulpes zerda

Fennec fox
Vulpes zerda

Random skulls

Little bittern - Ixobrychus minutus

Little bittern
Ixobrychus minutus

Canadian Eskimo dog - Canis lupus familiaris

Canadian Eskimo dog
Canis lupus familiaris

Red squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris

Red squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris

White-tailed mongoose - Ichneumia albicauda

White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda

Mediterranean water shrew - Neomys anomalus

Mediterranean water shrew
Neomys anomalus

African leopard - Panthera pardus pardus

African leopard
Panthera pardus pardus

Back

© 2025 All rights reserved