Black-backed jackal vs Guava

Canis mesomelas compared with Psidium guajava

Key Differences

• Black-backed jackal is Least Concern while Guava is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-backed jackal	Guava
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)	Psidium
Species	Canis mesomelas	Psidium guajava

Conservation Status

Black-backed jackal

LC — Least Concern

Guava

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-backed jackal	Guava
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-backed jackal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guava

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (8 countries).

Black-backed jackal

The Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a species in the genus Canis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.