The cry of the golden jackal

Jerusalem Post | May 1, 2009| | Copyright

DIANA BARSHAW
Jerusalem Post
05-01-2009
Headline: The cry of the golden jackal
Byline: DIANA BARSHAW
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 46

Friday, May 1, 2009 -- Jackals, known in Hebrew as tanim, are members of the genus Canis which also includes wolves, coyotes and dogs. There are seven or eight species in this genus: three species of jackal, two or three of wolf (depending on whether the Ethiopian wolf is considered in the genus or not) and one of coyote. Some of these species are divided into subspecies, with the domesticated dog now thought to be a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis ...

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