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Kotomora

ニホンオオカミ

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Meanings

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noun

Japanese wolf (extinct)

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the extinct subspecies Canis lupus hodophilax, once native to Japan. Often contrasted with the also-extinct Hokkaido wolf (エゾオオカミ).

See also: 山犬