Wolf - Wolf

Japanese: オオカミ(狼) - オオカミ

Also known as the gray wolf, spotted wolf, or grey wolf. A mammal of the carnivora family Canidae. Body length is 1-1.5m. Its body shape is similar to that of a dog, but it has a long snout, small, upright ears, and a drooping tail. Its body color is mostly gray-brown. It is distributed from Eurasia to northern North America. It lives in forests, taiga, tundra, deserts, plains, and mountainous areas, and acts alone or as a family, but lives in colonies in winter. It preys on birds and animals such as elk, caribou, and deer, and sometimes attacks large livestock such as cows and horses. It can also mate with dogs. In Japan, there used to be a large Hokkaido wolf in Hokkaido and a small Japanese wolf (mountain dog) in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, but the former became extinct around 1900, and the latter in 1905. Both are extinct (Ministry of the Environment's 4th Red List).
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Japanese:

タイリクオオカミ，マダラオオカミ，シロオオカミとも。食肉目イヌ科の哺乳(ほにゅう)類。体長１〜1.5m。体形はイヌに似るが，吻(ふん)は長く，耳は小さくて直立，尾はたれる。体色は灰褐色のものが多い。ユーラシア〜北米北部に分布。森林，タイガ，ツンドラ，砂漠，平地や山岳地にすみ，家族ないし単独で行動するが，冬季は群生。ヘラジカ，カリブー，シカをはじめ鳥獣を捕食し，牛，馬など大型の家畜を襲うこともある。イヌとも交配できる。日本にはかつて北海道に大型のエゾオオカミ，本州，四国，九州に小型のニホンオオカミ（ヤマイヌ）がいたが，前者は1900年ごろ，後者は1905年を最後に絶滅した。両者とも絶滅（環境省第４次レッドリスト）。
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