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Gli sciacalli solitari espulsi dal branco formano [[Commensalismo|relazioni commensali]] con le [[Panthera tigris|tigri]]. Questi sciacalli solitari sono noti come ''kol-bahl'' <ref name="perry"/> , ''bhálú'' nell'India meridionale, ''phéall'', ''phao'', ''pheeow'' o ''phnew'' nel Bengala e ''ghog'' in altre regioni <ref name="jerdon"/> . Essi si attaccano ad una determinata tigre, seguendola a distanza di sicurezza allo scopo di nutrirsi delle prede uccise dal grande felino. Un ''kol-bahl'' può perfino avvertire una tigre della presenza di prede emettendo un forte richiamo che risuona come un ''pheal''. Le tigri tollerano questi sciacalli: in un caso conosciuto uno sciacallo camminava confidenzialmente avanti e indietro tra tre tigri che camminavano insieme a pochi metri di distanza l'una dall'altra <ref name="perry">{{cite book | author = Perry, Richard | title = The World of the Tiger | year = 1965 | pages = 260 | id = ASIN: B0007DU2IU}}</ref> .
==PresencePresenza innel folklore ande literaturenella letteratura==
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In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s [[Mowgli]] stories collected in ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', the character [[Tabaqui]] is a jackal despised by the Sioni wolf pack, due to his mock cordiality, scavenging habits and his subservience to [[Shere Khan]]. He appears in the beginning of the book, visiting Mowgli's adoptive parents, [[Raksha (Jungle Books)|Mother]] and [[Father Wolf]], and they are clearly annoyed by his presence, since he announces that Shere Khan the tiger is hunting in their territory. Tabaqui is later killed by one of Mowgli's 'siblings', [[Grey Brother]], who crushes his back.
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