Original: Jackals fill a similar ecological niche to the coyote ( sometimes called the '' American jackal '' 4.1 Coyote Canis latrans Say , 1823 Least concern (/O2004/O) by E.M. Gese & M. Bekoff ) in North America .
Simplified: Jackals are monogamous ( each male live with only a female ) , and a pair defends its territory from other pairs .