Jackal

"The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry, Bay'd from afar complainingly, With a mix'd and mournful sound, Like crying babe, and beaten hound."

"The jackal’s tawny nose And sanguine dripping tongue Out of the desert rose And plunged its sands among."

"Be you the Lyon, to devour the Prey; I am your Jack-Call, to provide it for you: There will be a Bone for me to pick."

"... the jackal seems to be placed between [the wolf and the dog]; to the savage fierceness of the wolf, it adds the impudent familiarity of the dog... It is more noisy in its pursuits even than the dog, and more voracious than the wolf."

"The jackal's cry Resounds like sylvan revelry."

"Personal columnists … are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him."

"We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth."

"Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope."

"To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live for a hundred years like a jackal."

"Everyone who sees a jackal hunts it."

"If the jackal gains the mastery, he will demand two sheep from every flock"

"The jackal is a [quadruped] thief, the shepherd is a biped thief."