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Could be any of several members of the dog family. Whereabouts in the world are you talking about? If North America, the coyote (Canis latrans) is a likely candidate. It resembles a small wolf with larger ears and a narrower, more pointed muzzle. It is smaller than both the grey wolf (Canis lupus) and the red wolf (Canis rufus), but larger than any of the North American foxes.
Coyote images:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=coyote&g...
If you are talking about Africa, it could be any of three species of jackal - the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), or golden jackal (Canis aureus), which is also found in Asia. Jackals are around the size of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), but are more closely related to wolves, as all are in the genus Canis (however, foxes are still related to wolves and jackals, as they are all members of the dog family, Canidae).
Jackal images:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=ja...
In response to prazzy 162 and genius brains's answers, I must point out that hyenas, despite their dog-like appearance, are not members of the dog family. They belong to their own family, the Hyaenidae, which is actually more closely related to cats than to dogs. Their closest relatives, however, are mongooses.
Resembling A Fox
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yes they are. although jackals, coyote and wild dogs are specific animal, while wolves, and foxes are basic description of a large species and branch of into many different specific canines. these animals are usually harmless when left to themselves and rarely attack. an attack is usually directly related to you threating them in some manner(getting to near a pregnant female or newborn pups etc.), or disease, also if there hungry, injured, or outcast from a pack(wolfs, wild dogs). although this is nothing to worry about attacks resulting in severe injury/death are very rare.
Jackal
A jackal (from Turkish çakal, via Persian shaghal ultimately from Sanskrit sṛgālaḥ [1][2]) is any of three (sometimes four) small to medium-sized members of the family Canidae, found in Africa, Asia and Southeastern Europe.[3] Jackals fill a similar ecological niche to the coyote in North America, that of predators of small to medium-sized animals, scavengers, and omnivores. Their long legs and curved canine teeth are adapted for hunting small mammals, birds and reptiles. Big feet and fused leg bones give them a long-distance runner's physique, capable of maintaining speeds of 16km/h (10mph) (just over 6 min/mile) for extended periods of time. They are nocturnal, most active at dawn and dusk.
In jackal society the social unit is that of a monogamous pair which defends its territory from other pairs. These territories are defended by vigorously chasing intruding rivals and marking landmarks around the territory with urine and feces. The territory may be large enough to hold some young adults who stay with their parents until they establish their own territory. Jackals may occasionally assemble in small packs, for example to scavenge a carcass, but normally hunt alone or as a pair.
Dingo
The dingo (Canis lupus dingo) or Warrigal, is a type of Australian canid, probably descended from the Southern-East Asian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). [2] It is commonly described as an Australian wild dog, but is not restricted to Australia, nor did it originate there. Modern dingoes are found throughout Southeast Asia, mostly in small pockets of remaining natural forest, and in mainland Australia, particularly in the north. They have features in common with both wolves and modern dogs, and are regarded as more or less unchanged descendants of an early ancestor of modern dogs. The name dingo comes from the language of the Eora Aboriginal people, who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.
Jackal
Hyena, Dingo etc. are too big
Oy, others are copying me!
(and Lovey's copied his from wikipedia, quite obviously!)
dingo
hyena