Last night we heard the vocals of the side striped jackals which were communicating near Chada camp in the Chada plain. It seems that there were two jackals due to the different directions of the calls.
The most common call they make is an explosive ‘bwaa’ usually uttered by a single animal at night while standing. This will then be replied to by accompanying members or family unit members. Normally side-striped jackals are monogamous and territorial. They sometimes occur in family units of up to six. They are active at night and they forage individually, moving at a walk or slow trot. Most of the day time they hide in their dens or aardvark holes.
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