What is the difference between a jackal and a coyote?

Answer 1

Coyotes tend to get a little bit bigger than jackals.Sometimes coyotes can get twice the size of a jackal.Jackals live in Africa, southern Asia, and southwestern Europe.Desert coyotes tend to weigh 20 pounds which is the same size of a jackal.

Answer 2

No, while they look he same, a coyote and jackal are actually different species. The most obvious reason is that they live in different climates and biomes. They also have different body build.

Answer 3

The coyote and jackal are two different species and live on different continents. The technical name for the coyote is the Canis latrans. Coyotes are found only in North America and Central America, and they are about twice as big as a jackal.

There are three species of jackals. The C. mesomelas is the black-backed jackal. The C. aureus is the golden jackal, and the C. adustus is the side-striped jackal. They are all found in Africa, and the golden jackal is also found in Asia. Jackals are smaller than coyotes - about the size of a red fox.

Answer 4

Vulpes foxes are usually red or orange with bushy tails

jackels have much less bushy tails and usually grey or brown

Answer 5

If it was a coyote then it wouldn't be called a jackal.

Jackals and coyotes belong to the same family and genus BUT they are different species.

Answer 6

No, but they are similar.