April 29, 2015 Golden Jackals, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Golden Jackal Adult And Pup Playing
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Canon EOS 1D X, 600 f4 IS II & 2x III, 1/1500 sec, f8, ISO 320
Image taken on February 9, 2015.
I photographed two different Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) dens on my recent visit to Ngorongoro Crater. More specifically they were the Serengeti Jackal (Canis aureus bea) subspecies that is very similar to the Coyote (Canis latrans) and are also closely related to the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus). This image with a pup and adult playing is from the second den we found and the pups were a lot younger and cuter.
