big bolt pattern

Jeep Cherokees used 8.25" axles to 2001. (Only Cherokees WITHOUT ABS used it-with ABS, they used a Dana 35.) The vast majority had 3.55 gears-4.0/5-speed used 3.07 gears. A handful with the Up-Country suspension or tow package used 3.73s. I think 4-cylinder/5-speed used 4.11 gears. There was little rhyme or reason except for ABS-the only way to know is to look underneath-though probably 90+% of Cherokee Limiteds had ABS. No tach or no tint probably means no ABS.

The XJ donut spare will also fit your A-body.