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===Relazioni con altri predatori===
[[Image:Striped Hyena food fight.jpg|thumb|<small>Sciacalli dorati e [[Hyaena hyaena|iene striate]] si disputano la carcassa di un [[oryx|orice]] in un'illustrazione del Rev. J. G. Wood</small>]]
GoldenGli jackalssciacalli tenddorati totendono dominatead smallerassumere caniduna species.posizione Indominante Africa,sulle goldenspecie jackalsdi haveCanidi beenpiù observedpiccole. toIn killAfrica thesono cubsstati ofvisti uccidere cuccioli di [[black-backedCanis jackalmesomelas|sciacallo dalla gualdrappa]]s. <ref name="BBJ">{{cite web | title = Black-backed jackal | work = | publisher = Canids.org | url = http://www.canids.org/species/Black-backed_jackal.pdf | accessdate = 2007-09-13}}</ref> . In [[IsraelIsraele]], [[red fox]]es are a commonly occurring predator, and although smaller than jackals, their dietary habits are identical, and the two species are therefore in direct competition with one another. Foxes generally ignore jackal scents or tracks in their territories, though they will avoid close physical proximity with jackals themselves. Studies have shown that in areas where jackals became very abundant, the population size of foxes decreased significantly, apparently because of competitive exclusion.<ref name="RF">{{cite web | title = Behavioural responses of red foxes to an increase in the presence of golden jackals: a field experiment | work = | publisher = Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University | url = http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/zoology/members/yom-tov/articles/Behavioural_responses_of_red_foxes.pdf | accessdate = 2007-07-31}}</ref> Conversely, jackals are shown to vacate areas inhabited by [[Gray Wolf|wolves]]. Wolves are often actively intolerant of jackals in their established territories and have been known to approach jackal-calling stations at a quick trotting pace, presumably to chase off the competitors.<ref name="GW">{{cite web | title = Conservation Action Plan for the golden jackal (''Canis aureus'') in Greece | work = | publisher = WWF Greece | url = http://www.lcie.org/Docs/Action%20Plans/Greece%20Golden%20Jackal%20Action%20Plan%202004.pdf | accessdate = 2007-07-31}}</ref> The jackal's recent expansion throughout eastern and western Europe has been attributed to historical declines in wolf populations. The present diffusion of the golden jackal in the Northern Adriatic Hinterland seems to be in rapid expansion <ref name="lapini2"/> in various areas where the wolf is absent or very rare (see also:<ref name="udine">{{it icon}}[http://www.altofriuli.com/ambiente/?id_evento=1266&layout=leggi_evento ''Scoperto in Val Tagliamento lo sciacallo dorato'' by Maria Clementi]</ref><ref name="slovenia">[http://web.bf.uni-lj.si/bi/NATURA-SLOVENIAE/pdf/NatSlo_10_1_5.pdf ''First record of a golden jackal (Canis aureus) in the Savinja Valley (Northern Slovenia)'' by Miha KROFEL and Hubert POTOČNIK of the Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia]</ref>). In Africa, golden jackals often eat alongside [[African wild dog]]s, and will stand their ground if the dogs try to harass them.<ref name="estes2"/> In South-eastern Asia, golden jackals have been known to hunt alongside [[dhole]] packs,<ref name="thai">Lekagul, B. & McNeely, J. ''Mammals of Thailand'', Darnsutha Press; Second edition edition (January 1, 1988), ISBN 9748680614</ref> and there is one record of a golden jackal pack adopting a male [[Ethiopian wolf]].<ref>[http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-485-01-0001.pdf ''Canis simensis'' by Claudio Sillero-Zubiri and Dada Gottelli. Published 2 December 1994 by The American Society of Mammologists]</ref>
In Africa, golden jackals tend to be warier toward [[lion]]s than black-backed jackals.<ref name="estes2"/> In India, lone jackals expelled from their pack have been known to form [[Commensalism|commensal relationship]]s with [[tiger]]s. These solitary jackals, known as ''kol-bahl'', will attach themselves to a particular tiger, trailing it at a safe distance in order to feed on the big cat's kills. A ''kol-bahl'' will even alert a tiger to a kill with a loud ''pheal''. Tigers have been known to tolerate these jackals: one report describes how a jackal confidently walked in and out between three tigers walking together a few feet away from each other.<ref name="perry">{{cite book | author = Perry, Richard | title = The World of the Tiger | year = 1965 | pages = 260 | id = ASIN: B0007DU2IU}}</ref> Tigers will however kill jackals on occasion: the now extinct tigers of the Amu-Darya region were known to frequently eat jackals.<ref name="USSR">Heptner, V. G. & Sludskii, A. A. 1992. [http://books.google.com/books?id=UxWZ-OmTqVoC&pg=PA177&dq=mammals+of+the+soviet+union+tigers+bears#v=onepage&q=jackals&f=false Mammals of the Soviet Union]. Vol. II, part 2, Carnivores(Feloidea), p. 177. Leiden, E. J. Brill. 784 pp. ISBN 90-04-08876-8</ref>
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