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  2. Black-backed jackal - Wikipedia

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    The black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas), also called the silver-backed jackal, is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 kilometers. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.

  3. Jackal - Wikipedia

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    Southern Africa and eastern coast of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia: Side-striped jackal Lupulella adustus: Sundevall, 1847 It primarily resides in wooded areas, unlike other jackal species. It is the least aggressive of the jackals, rarely preying on large mammals. Central and southern Africa Golden jackal Canis aureus: Linnaeus, 1758

  4. African wolf - Wikipedia

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    Canis anthus F. Cuvier, 1820 [2] The African wolf (see below for other names; Canis lupaster) is a canine native to North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, northern East Africa, and the Horn of Africa. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. [1] In the Middle Atlas in Morocco, it was sighted in elevations as high as 1,800 m (5,900 ft ...

  5. Far Cry 2 - Wikipedia

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    The Jackal, despite his mixed reputation among series fans going forward, was the beginning of a trend for leading charismatic antagonists taking a prominent role in the story and marketing. Far Cry 2 was the first major release to use Ubisoft's eventually-common design philosophy of sustainable franchises with large open worlds on next ...

  6. Robin Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Robin Jackson. Robert John Jackson [2] [3] [4] (27 September 1948 – 30 May 1998), [5] also known as The Jackal, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and part-time soldier. He was a senior officer in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) during the period of violent ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

  7. Building collapses in Kenya's capital, killing 3 people

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    Kenya Building Collapse Personnel from the Kenya Defence Forces disaster response unit examine the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

  8. Carlos the Jackal - Wikipedia

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    16 murders. Criminal penalty. Three life terms. Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ( Spanish: [iˈlitʃ raˈmiɾes ˈsantʃes]; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal (Spanish: Carlos el Chacal) or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist ...

  9. The Jackal (1997 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final theatrically released film role. The film involves the hunt for a paid assassin. It is a loose take on the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, which starred Edward Fox, and was based on the ...