Canis lupus ssp. hodophilax (Honshu Wolf)

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SEEKING THE SHAMANU - IS JAPAN'S LITTLE HOWLING GOD TRULY EXTINCT?

karlshuker.blogspot.com/2018/10/seeking-shamanu-is-japans-little.html

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Niemann, J. et al. (2018). Reconstructing the unique genetic history of the Japanese wolves, pp. 79. In: Krause, Johannes (ed.). 8th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, Jena, Germany, 18th-21st September, 2018.

[Melanie]

In search of Japan's extinct wolves: Sightings of a mysterious canine in Chichibu have been captivating animal enthusiasts

www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/05/25/environment/search-japans-extinct-wolves-sightings-mysterious-canine-chichibu-captivating-animal-enthusiasts/?fbclid=IwAR3CSuoj-h0bHqcdwAlc7xOcDwm6sN_JFFHgoDomctu1tp0xTouaYm-QB_A#.XOpaKo_gqUl

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"An unidentified animal howl recorded in the Okuchichibu mountains bears a strong resemblance to a wolf howl, according to an analysis of audio samples provided by Hiroshi Yagi, an independent researcher who has been working to prove the existence of the officially extinct Japanese wolf.

The howl was caught in a video clip from one of the 70 or so motion-sensitive infrared cameras Yagi and his nonprofit organization have set up in a mountainous area bordering Tokyo and Saitama, Yamanashi and Gunma prefectures. The footage, captured on the morning of Oct. 21 last year and retrieved the following month, shows three deer running toward the camera, followed by a howl."

www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/09/13/environment/debate-japans-extinct-wolf-grows/

[Melanie]

The hunt for Japan’s ‘ghost’ wolves

www.bbc.com/future/article/20191011-the-hunt-for-japans-ghost-wolves?fbclid=IwAR0vSk1UCGq9LN_iePC0GaYO5A8zULgt16P39eFQsPjC_clz56n6JFHV7e4

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Niemann, J. et al. (In Press, 2020). Extended survival of Pleistocene Siberian wolves into the early 20th century on the island of Honshū. iScience. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101904 [Abstract]

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Sakurai, Ryo et al. (2020). Factors affecting attitudes toward reintroduction of wolves in Japan. Global Ecology and Conservation 22: e01036.

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Matsumura, Shuichi, Terai, Yohey, Hongo, Hitomi and Ishiguro, Naotaka. (2020). Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genomes of Japanese Wolf Specimens in the Siebold Collection, Leiden. Zoological Science 38(1). doi: doi.org/10.2108/zs200019 [Abstract]

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Jun Gojobori, Nami Arakawa, Xiaokaiti Xiayire, Yuki Matsumoto, Shuichi Matsumura, Hitomi Hongo, Naotaka Ishiguro, Yohey Terai. (2021). The Japanese wolf is most closely related to modern dogs and its ancestral genome has been widely inherited by dogs throughout East Eurasia. bioRxiv preprint. doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.10.463851

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Paleogenomics reveals independent and hybrid origins of two morphologically distinct wolf lineages endemic to Japan

Little is known about the spatiotemporal dynamics of gray wolves in the Pleistocene across low-latitude regions of Eurasia. In Japan, a small-bodied endemic subspecies of Japanese wolves existed and went extinct in the early 1900s. The fossil record indicates that a giant wolf, which reached 70 cm in body height, inhabited Japan during the Pleistocene, but its evolutionary relationship, if any, with the Japanese wolf remains uncertain. Here, to reveal the genetic origin of the Japanese wolf, we analyzed ancient DNA from remains (recovered in Japan) of one Pleistocene wolf that lived 35,000 years ago and one Holocene wolf from 5,000 years ago. The analysis of the mitochondrial DNA revealed that the Pleistocene wolf was not part of the Japanese wolf clade but rather an earlier-diverging lineage. The analysis of the nuclear DNA of the Holocene Japanese wolf revealed that it was an admixture of the Japanese Pleistocene wolf and continental wolf lineages. These findings suggest that the Japanese wolf originated via waves of colonization of multiple Pleistocene wolf populations at 57–35 and 37–14 ka, respectively, followed by interpopulation hybridization.

doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.034

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"Atlas of Extinct Animals (in Japanese)" by Radek Maly (2022)

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Suzuki, Chihiro et al. (2024). Quantitative analysis of the skull in the Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax) using CT. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. doi.org/10.1292/jvms.22-0070

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Newly identified specimen of extinct Japanese wolf on display in Tokyo

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240521_09/

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Possible photo of a Japanese Wolf from a unknown date.

ameblo.jp/wa500/entry-10414679527.html

Possible Japanese Wolf photo from the early 20th century or very late 19th century from Ueno Zoo. Possibly from 1892, but this date is inconclusive.

ameblo.jp/canisyagi/entry-12785198829.html

Possible Japanese Wolf bred at Yano Traveling Zoo during the Meiji period 1902. It could also be a Mongolian Wolf that it's parents were imported from from Korea.

ameblo.jp/wa500/entry-10774355152.html

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Sept 2, 2024 7:56:09 GMT redpinnipedgamer said:

Possible photo of a Japanese Wolf from a unknown date.

ameblo.jp/wa500/entry-10414679527.html

The photo was taken in 1908 when a wolf was captured in Mount Ōdaigahara in Mie Prefecture. This blog mentions that the Honshu Wolf were still surviving after the last wolf was captured in Nara Prefecture in 1905.