anubian jackal
A depiction of jackal that is based upon stylized ancient Egyptian depictions of jackals rather than a real-world species. Most commonly these jackals are black or dark grey, with sharply pointed ears that point upward and face away from each other, like Anubis. Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. Research in 2015 had…
