Canis lupus ssp. nov. 'Giant Honshu wolf'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Honshu, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hasegawa, Y., Kimura, T. and Kohno, N. (2020). Late Pleistocene megacanid (Mammalia, Canidae) from Yage Limestone Quarry, central Honshu, Japan. Bull. Gunma Mus. Nat. Hist., 24 (2020), pp. 1-13. [in Japanese with English abstract]
[Naora] 直良信夫. (1954). 日本舊石器時代の研究．早稲田大学考古学研究所報告,：1-298
Saito, H. (1957). The largest tooth of the wolf excavated in Japan. J. Mammal. Soc. Jpn., 1: 60-62. [in Japanese with English abstract]
Segawa, Takahiro et al. (In Press, 2022). Paleogenomics reveals independent and hybrid origins of two morphologically distinct wolf lineages endemic to Japan. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.034