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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(hairy). The jackal meant, as it is gregarious and feeds on carcasses (Judg. 15:4⁴And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. (Judges 15:4); Psa. 63:10¹⁰They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. (Psalm 63:10); Song of Sol. 2:15¹⁵Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. (Song of Solomon 2:15); Ezek. 13:4⁴O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. (Ezekiel 13:4); Luke 9:58⁵⁸And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Luke 9:58)).

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Canis Aureus

The well-known animal, that burrows in the ground (Matt. 8:20²⁰And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Matthew 8:20)). They will eat anything, and are especially fond of grapes (Song of Sol. 2:15¹⁵Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. (Song of Solomon 2:15)). They are very sly, and cunning in catching their prey; which accounts for Herod Antipas being called a fox by the Lord (Luke 13:32³²And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. (Luke 13:32)). It is supposed that the same Hebrew word, shual, includes the JACKAL, which may be intended in Psalm 63:10¹⁰They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. (Psalm 63:10), and indeed in other passages. The canis aureus is the common Jackal of Palestine.