duwao

Updated: July 26, 2025

It is generally found in the plains and prairies. In the Somali country, as in Kafirland, the Duwao or jackal is peculiarly bold and fierce. Disdaining garbage, he carries off lambs and kids, and fastens upon a favourite friandise, the sheep's tail; the victim runs away in terror, and unless the jackal be driven off by dogs, leaves a delicate piece of fat behind it.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - First Footsteps in East Africa