Different Jackal Subspecies?

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Right, so when the Halo 4 Jackals all of a sudden looked drastically different from the Jackals in all of the previous Halo games, I was kinda taken aback, but just put it down to creative choice, making them look formidable, that kinda thing. However, I was reading Halo: Escalation 018 and noticed a few times that both the Halo 4 and old school Jackals were illustrated together in some panels.

Is this just a mistake, or is it “pseudo-confirmation” that there are different Jackal subspecies (beyond Skirmishers from Reach), and that maybe the Halo 4 ones were simply from somewhere else? Does this also mean that we may see both variations in Halo 5: Guardians? Possibly having the short-snouted, toothy, aggressive looking Halo 4 ones as shield-bearers with Plasma Rifles/Pistols, and have the long-snouted, bug-eyed Jackals as the shieldless sharpshooters with Carbines and Beam/Focus Rifles?
I also wouldn’t mind to see the return of Skirmishers, too, although I think they’re extinct (can someone confirm?)

So yeah, thoughts? Does anyone actually know? Just a mistake, or creative choice to add diversity to the comic panels?

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Sub species

Ruuhtian- Halo 1-3
T’vaoan- Reach
Ibie’shan- Halo 4

If you want more info check out Halopedia’ s Kig-Yar page

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> Sub species
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> Ruuhtian- Halo 1-3
> T’vaoan- Reach
> Ibie’shan- Halo 4
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> If you want more info check out Halopedia’ s Kig-Yar page

Though there was some minor differences between the Jackals of the first trilogy with the ones of Halo 4. But their variants of Reach…yeah, those are really different.

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> Right, so when the Halo 4 Jackals all of a sudden looked drastically different from the Jackals in all of the previous Halo games, I was kinda taken aback, but just put it down to creative choice, making them look formidable, that kinda thing. However, I was reading Halo: Escalation 018 and noticed a few times that both the Halo 4 and old school Jackals were illustrated together in some panels.
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> Is this just a mistake, or is it “pseudo-confirmation” that there are different Jackal subspecies (beyond Skirmishers from Reach), and that maybe the Halo 4 ones were simply from somewhere else? Does this also mean that we may see both variations in Halo 5: Guardians? Possibly having the short-snouted, toothy, aggressive looking Halo 4 ones as shield-bearers with Plasma Rifles/Pistols, and have the long-snouted, bug-eyed Jackals as the shieldless sharpshooters with Carbines and Beam/Focus Rifles?
> I also wouldn’t mind to see the return of Skirmishers, too, although I think they’re extinct (can someone confirm?)
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> So yeah, thoughts? Does anyone actually know? Just a mistake, or creative choice to add diversity to the comic panels?

If you go on the top of the page there is a button next to the Community called Universe. Click it, Click Species and go to Kig-Yar. Alternatively go to halopedia (Not Halo Nation or halo wikia)

Ruuhtian, Ibie’shan and T’vaoan are the 3 major Kig-Yar subspecies.

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Everyone’s talking about subspecies for the Kig-Yar. Just thought I’d point out that the Ibie’shan and Rhuutian Kig-Yar are genetically identical, and have no issues producing offspring.

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> Everyone’s talking about subspecies for the Kig-Yar. Just thought I’d point out that the Ibie’shan and Rhuutian Kig-Yar are genetically identical, and have no issues producing offspring.

Add the T’vaoan too. That’s why they are subspecies. They can all reproduce with each other. The most genetically different appear to be the Ibie’shan ones and not the T’vaoan though.

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> > Everyone’s talking about subspecies for the Kig-Yar. Just thought I’d point out that the Ibie’shan and Rhuutian Kig-Yar are genetically identical, and have no issues producing offspring.
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> Add the T’vaoan too. That’s why they are subspecies. They can all reproduce with each other. The most genetically different appear to be the Ibie’shan ones and not the T’vaoan though.

“While they are surprisingly reptilian, their key physiological traits, intellect, and their ability to effectively breed with other variants Kig-Yar prevent any serious effort at reclassification.”
On the other hand, the T’vaoan Kig-Yar are actually categorized as a sub-species.

“Slightly stronger and quicker, this subspecies carries numerous traits that appear to be new to the Kig-Yar populations. These include a blunt bird-like beak, a hardened callous loreal face-skin, and excessive plumage on head, back and arms. Xenobiologists attribute that the largely isolated populations residing on T’vao have been subjected to the most dramatic environmental conditions.”
The point I was making with the post you quoted, is that the Ibie’shan Kig-Yar are not a sub-species.

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> > > Everyone’s talking about subspecies for the Kig-Yar. Just thought I’d point out that the Ibie’shan and Rhuutian Kig-Yar are genetically identical, and have no issues producing offspring.
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> > Add the T’vaoan too. That’s why they are subspecies. They can all reproduce with each other. The most genetically different appear to be the Ibie’shan ones and not the T’vaoan though.
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> “While they are surprisingly reptilian, their key physiological traits, intellect, and their ability to effectively breed with other variants Kig-Yar prevent any serious effort at reclassification.”
> On the other hand, the T’vaoan Kig-Yar are actually categorized as a sub-species.
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> “Slightly stronger and quicker, this subspecies carries numerous traits that appear to be new to the Kig-Yar populations. These include a blunt bird-like beak, a hardened callous loreal face-skin, and excessive plumage on head, back and arms. Xenobiologists attribute that the largely isolated populations residing on T’vao have been subjected to the most dramatic environmental conditions.”
> The point I was making with the post you quoted, is that the Ibie’shan Kig-Yar are not a sub-species.

It is though. The entry meant that they can breed with other variants (T’vaoan and Ibie’shan) and because of that and their intellectual ability they are not classified as a different species and are considered a subspecies. Subspecies can interbreed. Different species usually can’t.