jackal

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The animals, also known as the plains wolf and listed as vulnerable, are smaller than the stronger Himalayan wolf and can be mistaken for other species such as jackals.

From Barron's

Under the cool forest canopy, civets, jackals, peacocks and other creatures roam, and muriel bushes release a sweet, heady fragrance.

From New York Times

Coyotes, jackals, foxes and most other canids they analysed had two copies of the ‘small’ version, suggesting that this version was present in a common ancestor of these animals.

From Scientific American

Every modern canid species, from coyotes and foxes to jackals and wolves, has this mutation in their DNA.

From Salon

But the team found nothing but Cs before that in other canids, including coyotes, jackals, and foxes.

From Science Magazine