Canis lupus hodophilax, the Japanese wolf, was once widespread across the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu ... closest ...

It also lacks a stop, or the bulging frontal furrow found in dogs ... noticed it.” The Japanese wolf once roamed the forests and mountains of the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, but ...

The Japanese variety is said to have lived in mountains on the main islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. The last known Japanese wolf was caught ... (mountain dog).” There are a number of ...

In this study, we determined nine genomes of Japanese wolves and 11 genomes of modern Japanese dogs at high coverage and analyzed with one hundred dog and wolf genomes in the public database.

It appears that Ehime's "dog-dumping" mountain is just the tip of a huge iceberg of animal abuse. According to the Environment Ministry, on a national basis, Ehime, Kagawa and Tokushima in Shikoku ...