
The Kig-Yar (sometimes rendered as " Kig-yar" Forerunner designation: Perosus latrunculus, Latin for "hateful bandit" UNSC designation: Covenant secundarium carnivora prœdonis, Latin for "Covenant secondary carnivorous combatant" ), are a dinosaur-like saurian species. " 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 Sinewy and slender dinosauroid features, tridactyl clawed hands and feet 190–210 cm (6 ft 2 in–6 ft 8 due to hunched over anatomy they appear shorter about 5ft or 155 cm)
