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Jackal
Canis aureus
A medium-sized canid of Africa and Asia — a highly adaptable scavenger and hunter that forms monogamous lifetime pairs and cooperatively raises young, serving an essential ecological role as a cleanup crew.
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List of Animals That Start With J
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Jaguar
Panthera onca
The largest cat in the Americas and the third-largest in the world, a powerfully built ambush predator with the strongest pound-for-pound bite force of any big cat.
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Jellyfish
Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, Hydrozoa, Staurozoa (classes)
A diverse group of marine cnidarians with translucent bodies and stinging tentacles — among Earth's oldest animals, with body plans essentially unchanged for 500+ million years and increasingly abundant in warming oceans.
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