Canidae

2. Red Wolf (Canis rufus), 3. Coyote (Canis latrans), 4. Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis), 5. Golden Jackal (Canis aureus), 6. Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus), 7. Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Distribution. Widespread in N and NE Africa, occurring from Senegal on the W coast of Africa to Egypt in the E, in a range that includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in the N to Nigeria, Chad, and Tanzania in the S. They have expanded their range from the Arabian Peninsula into Western Europe, to Bulgaria, Austria, and NE Italy and E into Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, the entire Indian subcontinent, then E and S to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and parts of Indochina.