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
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
An all-action 30-minute cameo, which included a run down the wing and a jackal turnover on his own line, showed why his potential is so high.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
Oswald Wyre and Ant Little do this jackal laughter like their master's all six Monty Pythons rolled into one comedy thug.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
As North Korea’s hagiographers rewrote history, they held American missionaries responsible for the country’s misfortunes, while state-sponsored novels, plays and museums depicted them as jackals who subjected Koreans to vile human experiments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Maned wolves are South America's largest canids, a group of mammals which include dogs, foxes and jackals.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 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
Though they are genetically closer to jackals, they convergently evolved to resemble gray wolves.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
"But we'll get you in shape soon, don't worry. Tonight, though, why don't you sleep on the ground. Just make sure the jackals don't swallow you up."
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
