Black Backed Jackals by Winifred Austen Poster

Vintage illustration wild animals design featuring a pack of black backed jackals in the African Savannah. Illustrated by Winifred Austen, 1909. The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to two areas of Africa. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. The other area is along the eastern coastline, including Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia. Compared to other members of the genus Canis, the black-backed jackal is a very ancient species and has changed very little since the Pleistocene Era. It is a fox-like canid with a reddish coat and a black saddle that extends from the shoulders to the base of the tail.