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

“But if faced with jackals or wolves, Chinese diplomats would have no choice but to confront them head-on and protect our motherland.”

From Washington Times

For an entire week, those jackals painted the desert green.

From Los Angeles Times

“Really,” he said in a video interview promoting the exhibition, “I feel like I’m an outsider. I’m really an oddball guy who managed to, like a jackal, eat whatever the pigs leave behind.”

From New York Times

Aside from occasional reports among jackals and a species of desert fox, rabies is uncommon among wild animals in Africa.

From Washington Times