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  2. Jackal - Wikipedia

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    Jackals are canids native to Africa and Eurasia.While the word "jackal" has historically been used for many canines of the subtribe canina, in modern use it most commonly refers to three species: the closely related black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) and side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta) of sub-Saharan Africa, and the golden jackal (Canis aureus) of south-central Europe and Asia.

  3. Anubis - Wikipedia

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    Anubis as a jackal perched atop a tomb, symbolizing his protection of the necropolis. Anubis (/ ə ˈ nj uː b ɪ s /; [2] Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ, romanized: Anoup), is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a ...

  4. Golden jackal - Wikipedia

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    The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called the common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Eurasia. The golden jackal's coat varies in color from a pale creamy yellow in summer to a dark tawny beige in winter. It is smaller and has shorter legs, a shorter tail, a more elongated torso, a less-prominent forehead, and a narrower and ...

  5. European jackal - Wikipedia

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    Contents. European jackal. The European jackal (Canis aureus moreoticus) is a subspecies of the golden jackal present in Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Southeast Europe. [ 4 ][ 2 ] It was first described by French naturalist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire during the Morea expedition. [ 3 ] There were an estimated 70,000 jackals in Europe according ...

  6. Coyote - Wikipedia

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    Canis vigilis Merriam, 1897. Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton-Smith, 1839. The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf, is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf.

  7. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The name regularly substituted for jackal is fox. The jackal seems to be designated in Hebrew by three different names: shû'ãl, "the digger"; 'íyyîm, "the howlers"; and tãn, "the stretcher", although we are unable to state the differences marked by these three names, numerous references may be found throughout the Bible to the jackal's ...

  8. Hounds and jackals - Wikipedia

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    Hounds and jackals or dogs and jackals is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian tables game that is known from several examples of gaming boards and gaming pieces found in excavations. The modern game was discovered by Howard Carter, who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat ...

  9. Black-backed jackal - Wikipedia

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    The black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas), [3][4][5][6] 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.