Timber wolf

Japanese: timber wolf(英語表記)timberwolf
Timber wolf

...There are three species: the gray wolf, the Japanese wolf, and the American red wolf.
【kinds】
The gray wolf, Canis lupus (illustration), also known as the gray wolf or timber wolf, was once widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and Mexico, but has now almost disappeared from most of Western Europe and the United States, and is extinct in the UK, Poland, Switzerland, Hokkaido, and other places. Its body length is 82-160cm, tail length 30-50cm, shoulder height 55-97cm, and weight 15-82kg; females are slightly smaller than males.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "timber wolf" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…タイリクオオカミ,ニホンオオカミ,アメリカアカオオカミの3種がある。
【種類】
 タイリクオオカミCanis lupus(イラスト)は,ハイイロオオカミ(英名gray wolf),シンリンオオカミ(英名timber wolf)とも呼ばれ,かつてはヨーロッパ,アジア,北アメリカのほとんど全域とメキシコに広く分布したが,今では西ヨーロッパとアメリカ合衆国の大部分からほとんど姿を消し,イギリス,ポーランド,スイス,北海道などでは絶滅した。体長82~160cm,尾長30~50cm,肩高55~97cm,体重15~82kg,雌は雄よりやや小さい。…

※「timber wolf」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Timbira

>>:  timber carrier

Recommend

Snowplow - Snowplow

Snow removal vehicles. This article describes rai...

Iizuna Plateau

…Mount Iizuna has been famous as a sacred place f...

Costume Folklore

As is well known, costumes do not only protect ou...

Peabody Trust

…On the other hand, the improvement of slums in c...

Pinsk (English spelling)

A city in the Brest Oblast in southwestern Belarus...

Kumiya

One of the early wealthy merchants active in the e...

Amytal (English spelling)

Amobarbital is a brand name, and Isomytal (brand n...

Clyde [river] - Clyde

A river in southwest Scotland, UK. It originates i...

Ethambutol (English spelling)

A drug used in chemotherapy for tuberculosis. It i...

Spanish Art

Spain is located at the crossroads of four cultur...

Noh and Kyogen

〘Noun〙① Noh and Kyogen. ※Warambegusa (1660) 1 &quo...

Sedum senanense (English spelling) Sedumsenanense

… [Hiroshi Yuasa]. … *Some of the terminology tha...

Ilex pedunculosa (English spelling) Ilex pedunculosa

… [Toshio Hamatani]. … *Some of the terminology t...

White male

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. His surname...

Noshiro [city] - Noshiro

A city in northwestern Akita Prefecture. It was in...