honshu wolf habitat
The Honshu Wolf. The Honshu wolf was identified in 1839 as the gray wolf subspecies Canis lupus hodophilax by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Temminck. It was also known as the Hondo wolf, the yamainu, and the mountain dog. HABITAT. It lived on the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu primarily in remote mountain areas.