OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture--The Japanese wolf, a species thought to have gone extinct more than a century ago, may still roam the rugged mountain terrain of central Japan--but finding solid proof ...

The Japanese Wolf Canis lupus hodophilax, the Japanese wolf, was once widespread across the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.Revered in Japanese folklore as a guardian of the mountains and ...

The Japanese wolf, last seen in 1905, was a cross between a giant variant and an unknown variant, scientists said in a theory that differs from two existing hypotheses on the mysterious creature.