Japanese wolf

English

Noun

Japanese wolf (plural Japanese wolves)

1. Canis lupus hodophilax, an extinct subspecies of the grey wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.

   Synonym: Honshu wolf

Translations

Canis lupus hodophilax

• Japanese: 日本狼 (にほんおおかみ, Nihon ōkami), ニホンオオカミ (ja) (Nihon ōkami)
• Korean: 일본늑대 (ilbonneukdae)