Japanese or Honshu wolf
Extinction in the wild: 1905
Japanese or Honshu wolf in LOST ZOO
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The Japanese wolf is the smallest wild subspecies of the wolf. He resembles more a dog or jackal than his ancestor, the Siberian wolf.
Although rather small in size, the Japanese wolf was preying on deer and wild boar, but also on rats and hares.
The Japanese farmers esteemed the wolf very much, because he protected their fields from farm-raiding forest animals like deer and wild boars.
Until today the wolf still plays an important role in the daily life of the mountainous village people. Therefore the Lost Zoo is proud to keep also this special animal in the zoo's collection.
Japanese or Honshu wolf
- Smallest subspecies of the Siberian wolf. The other Japanese subspecies, the Ezo wolf from Hokkaido, was much bigger and more wolf-like in its appearance.
- Shoulder height : 30 cm
- Body length : 90 cm
- Habitat: Living in the forests on the Japanese islands Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu
- Extinction in the wild: 1905. Rabies, deforestation and overhunting caused the wolf's extinction.
