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*Vulture<ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'''</ref> | *Vulture<ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'''</ref> | ||
|image=[[File:JackalMinor.png|140px|left]][[File:Halo Reach - Skirmisher.png|140px|right]][[File:H5G-Render-Jackal.png|200px|center]]Clockwise from top left: A Ruuhtian, a T'vaoan, and an Ibie'shan. <small>(not to scale)</small> | |image=[[File:JackalMinor.png|140px|left]][[File:Halo Reach - Skirmisher.png|140px|right]][[File:H5G-Render-Jackal.png|200px|center]]Clockwise from top left: A Ruuhtian, a T'vaoan, and an Ibie'shan. <small>(not to scale)</small> | ||
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|height={{Convert|6.2|ft|cm}}–{{Convert|6.8|ft|cm}}<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 100''</ref> | |height={{Convert|6.2|ft|cm}}–{{Convert|6.8|ft|cm}}<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 100''</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|Jackals may be superior marksmen and they're very sneaky, but that doesn't make them excellent snipers — they’re a little too bloodthirsty for that.|Anonymous UNSC Marine}} | {{Quote|Jackals may be superior marksmen and they're very sneaky, but that doesn't make them excellent snipers — they’re a little too bloodthirsty for that.|Anonymous UNSC Marine}} | ||
The '''Kig-Yar''' (sometimes rendered as "'''Kig-yar'''"; [[Forerunner]] designation: ''Perosus latrunculus'', [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] for "hateful bandit";<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> [[human]] designation: ''Covenant secundarium carnivora prœdonis'', Latin for "Covenant secondary carnivorous combatant"<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref>), are a bird-like saurian species<ref name="B.net">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ODST Guide]</ref> | The '''Kig-Yar''' (sometimes rendered as "'''Kig-yar'''"; [[Forerunner]] designation: ''Perosus latrunculus'', [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] for "hateful bandit";<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> [[human]] designation: ''Covenant secundarium carnivora prœdonis'', Latin for "Covenant secondary carnivorous combatant"<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref>), are a bird-like saurian species.<ref name="B.net">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ODST Guide]</ref> Following their assimilation in [[1342|1342 CE]] the Kig-Yar have served the [[Covenant]] and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]] as mercenaries and privateers. | ||
There are several distinct races of Kig-Yar, though humans commonly identify the species according to two groupings ('''Jackals''' and '''Skirmishers''') based on encounters in the battlefield. In combat, Kig-Yar typically serve as snipers and scouts within the Covenant due to their excellent senses of sight, smell, and hearing.<ref name="HE155"/> | There are several distinct races of Kig-Yar, though humans commonly identify the species according to two groupings ('''Jackals''' and '''Skirmishers''') based on encounters in the battlefield. In combat, Kig-Yar typically serve as snipers and scouts within the Covenant due to their excellent senses of sight, smell, and hearing.<ref name="HE155"/> | ||