@Shafqat Ishan, in fact, the golden jackal is most closely related to another jackal species known as the coyote, which is known as the american jackal or silver jackal, both the golden jackal and coyote belong to the genus Prolupus, where members are called laurasian jackals or holarctic jackals as they are the only two jackal species native to the northern hemisphere, the black-backed jackal is one of two species of jackal known as an african jackal, which is any of a separate genus known as Lupulella, the other is the side-striped jackal, while the genus Prolupus (Laurasian/Holarctic Jackals) is the sister genus to Canis (True Wolves and Oceanian Wild Dogs), the genus Lupulella (African Jackals) is the most basal extant genus within the subtribe Canina (Old World Wolf-Like Canines), the african wolf species you're referring to is actually now called the common golden wolf, it is one of two species of golden wolf, the other is the ethiopian golden wolf, golden wolves are any of the genus Flavocyon, which is only more derived than the other african genera Lupulella (African Jackals) and Lycaon (Painted Dogs) but is basal to the Cuon + (Prolupus + Canis) clade.