jackal
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Each animal was roughly the size of a jackal, but their bodies suggest they were adapted to hunt in different ways.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
I suppose she is referring to an alley cat or perhaps a jackal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
England's back row of Ben Earl, Tom Curry and Ben Curry posed a significant jackal threat, spreading across the width of the pitch, meaning one was always on hand to disrupt the breakdown.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
Though the creature is sometimes referred to as the Falklands fox, the warrah did not physically resemble a fox or wolf, but rather a coyote or jackal.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2024
Sure enough, when I pull it out, I realize that the jackal mask—or what’s left of it—has been crammed into the trash.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
"He wanted, needed, deserved..a third act. It was ..in the planning. And then, those jackals."
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
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 ● Nov. 30, 2025
The kibbutz had a local pub, but there was little else to do at night other than stargaze and listen to jackals howling in the desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Though they are genetically closer to jackals, they convergently evolved to resemble gray wolves.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
I gives the wolves and the jackals and the hyenas in all our section their tea afore I begins to arsk them questions.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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