Gava (ku chingezi: fox; jackal) zvikara zvemhuka zvinoyamwisa zvidiki. Dzino vhima uye dzinodya mhuka mhenyu, kunyanya tsuro ne dheku (rodents - kutora shoko reVasangho) senge tsindi ne mbeva. Pamusoro pezvo, dzinogona kudya hwiza, mazai eshiri, uye michero uye mabheri. Dzimwe nguva dzinodya carrion. Makava ndiwo madiki diki mumhuri ye imbwa. Makava anowanzo sanganiswa ne mamhungubwe uye manyene. Bat eared fox imhando ye gava, asi hayina zita muChishona. Mazita muZimbabwe anowanikwa kumitauro yeChindevere, Chivhenda, Chitsonga, Chitswana, Chisotho ne Chixhosa. Zita muChishona. Mu Chitsonga inonzi, Xilwanandau (Chirwaneshumba? ku Chishona), uye Vandevere vachiti, Unga (Un'a kuChishona). Unokama gava wakarinyengedzera nechitswanda chetsubvu. In order to milk a jackal you have to divert its attention with a basket of tsubvu fruit. Kure kwegava ndokusina mutsubvu. BaKalanga vanoti phungubwe (jackal) rinoreva gava. Kune chivakwa chinonzi Mapungubwe kuSouth Africa. VaGanda vanoti kawa (to cry, howl, bark, bellow) vachirevakuchema, kuhukura kana kukuma. Lomwe vanoti nanthala (jackal) rinoreva gava. Mhungubwe (jackal) Manyene (black-backed jackal)