Japanese Wolf Specimen from the Chichibu Mountains (Skull)

秩父山地のニホンオオカミ標本頭骨 · Chichibusanchinonihonookamihyouhon Toukotsu

Designated by: Prefectural / Natural Monument
Designation type: Species
Designated on: March 14, 2025
Location: 埼玉県比企郡ときがわ町
Prefectures: Saitama
Scientific name: Canis lupus hodophilax

Designation facts (name, date, location) are compiled from public records by Japanese authorities.

About the Japanese Wolf (specimens)

The Japanese wolf was a small wolf once native to Japan, thought to have gone extinct in the early twentieth century. The designated items are preserved specimens, a pelt and skulls, obtained in the Chichibu Mountains of Saitama. Few real specimens exist anywhere, making them precious evidence of an extinct native animal.

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Designated as a species without a fixed area. Markers show related prefectures.

Frequently asked questions

Japanese Wolf Specimen from the Chichibu Mountains (Skull) is a Prefectural Natural Monument of Japan (埼玉県比企郡ときがわ町). The Japanese wolf was a small…

The designated site is in 埼玉県比企郡ときがわ町.

When observing, follow local rules, keep your distance and never feed the animals. Capturing or harming Natural Monuments is prohibited under Japan's Act on Protection of Cultural Properties.