Map of the Prespa lakes and part of the basin, with indicated locations of of the hearing record (Α) and the trap cameras (B, C), and contours of 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 m altitude and Stenje village in North Macedonia (square).

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... is a mountain basin shared by three countries -Albania, Greece and North Macedonia -and enclosing two upland lakes, Great and Lesser Prespa (Figure 1). The area is known for its globally significant biodiversity, especially waterbirds, but it is also important for large mammals. ...

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... 2010 all interviewees at Stenje (Figure 1) claimed that golden jackals had arrived in their area ca. 8-10 years earlier (i.e. ...

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... active searching for jackals was not included in their various survey and monitoring activities for mammals, there had been no capturing of jackals at camera traps nor any other sign of jackal presence as well as no testimonies from local inhabitants. On 23/05/2013 at around 8:00-8:30 pm, one of us (OA) permanently living and working in the area, was walking with another conservation biologist colleague on a forest road crossing the riparian forest on the southern shore of Great Prespa Lake (lat 40.844868°, lon 21.111943°, Figure 1-location A) in Greece, at ca 844 m asl, when they heard howling for 2-3 minutes. The howls were attributed to at least four golden jackals, which subsequently moved NNE. ...

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... 21 March 2014 one golden jackal was camera-trapped at the periphery of Pelister National Park, North Macedonia (lat 40.967892°, lon 21.159575°), at an altitude of 1,490 m a.s.l. (Figure 1 -location B). The camera was placed on a hiking trail in an old-growth beech forest. ...

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... 3 November 2016 a golden jackal was recorded on a trap camera which was placed overlooking a forest road on the sides of Mt Sfika, Prespa National Park, Greece (lat 40.728480°, lon 21.116530°) at an altitude of 1,233 m a.s.l. (Figure 1 location C, Figure 2). The area is predominately covered with mixed thermophilous broadleaf woodland with hop-and oriental hornbeams and oak, while there are also some patches of beech woodland and dry grasslands (VRACHNAKIS et al. 2011). ...

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... confirmation of occurrence came mainly from the western part of the country down to the south, the southernmost area being the vicinity of Stenje village, on the shore of Great Prespa Lake. This area is 30 km straight distance from the location C in the Greek part of Prespa and also 30 km distance (round the lake) from the location B where the golden jackal was photographed in the North Macedonian part (Figure 1). According to the most recent review of its geographical distribution in Greece (MIGLI et al. 2014), until very recently, the closest permanent presence of golden jackals in Greece was found at Lake Kerkini National Park, which lies 175 km straight distance from Prespa to the ENE, at an altitude of less than 50 m. ...