Physical measurements & life cycle
Length :100 cm
Tail length :25 cm
Height : 40 cm
Weight :7-15 kg
Gestation : 63 days
breeding : Any time of a year
Life span : 8-10 yeaes in wilderness,15 years in captivity.maturity-12 months.
* Description
Smaller than the village dog .It has long mouth,bushy tail having thick hair and grey is hbrown body with buff wash on ears, shoulders and legs.
* Food
Omnivorous. It in mainly a scavenger.It also preys upon birds.Fallen fruits are also consumed.
* Distribution
All over the state but common in Saurashtra,Kachchh and North Gujarat
* Habitat
Open forest and grassland,outskirts of human settlements etc.
* Behaviour
Jackals can be seen near villages in the evenings. they often gather in groups near villages in the evenings and howl. at times, one can see them moving around dead animals
* Signs of presence
Howling and presence of ber seeds in droppings.
Biologically, the jackal in the nearest relative of the wolf. It can in any type of environment ranging from deserts to open, dry plains to humid forests. Though jackals are usually solitary, they some times move and hunt in groups.not much is known about jackal family life due to its feeding ,It may be interesting to note that besides shrubs of jackals often raid melon
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