jackal

several species of the wolf genus of mammals
Taxon organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name Q125525
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jackal

Summary

jackal is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. jackal draws 4,945 Wikipedia views per month (organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name category, ranking #44 of 423).[2]

Key Facts

  • jackal's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[3].
  • jackal is classified within Canina[4].
  • jackal is a type of Canina[5].
  • jackal's Commons category is recorded as Jackals[6].
  • jackal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jackals[7].
  • jackal's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[8].
  • jackal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • jackal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • jackal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • jackal's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • jackal's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • jackal's different from is recorded as Canis[14].
  • jackal's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • jackal's taxon known by this common name is recorded as black-backed jackal[16].
  • jackal's taxon known by this common name is recorded as side-striped jackal[17].
  • jackal's taxon known by this common name is recorded as golden jackal[18].

Body

Classification

jackal belongs to the parent taxon Canina[4].

Discovery and Description

Things named for jackal include French destroyer Chacal[19], a destroyer[20].

Why It Matters

jackal draws 4,945 Wikipedia views per month (organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name category, ranking #44 of 423).[2] jackal has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] jackal is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for jackal include French destroyer Chacal[19], a destroyer[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category Category:Jackals
    Described by source Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
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