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Gray wolf and Japanese wolf

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Difference between Gray wolf and Japanese wolf

Gray wolf vs. Japanese wolf

The gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf,Paquet, P. & Carbyn, L. W. (2003). The (Canis lupus hodophilax) is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago. It is also known as the Honshū wolf. Its binomial name derives from the Greek Hodos (path) and phylax (guardian), in reference to Japanese folklore, which portrayed wolves as the protectors of travellers. It was one of two subspecies that were once found in the Japanese archipelago, the other being the Hokkaidō wolf.

Similarities between Gray wolf and Japanese wolf

Gray wolf and Japanese wolf have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Carnassial, Hokkaido wolf, Honshu, Italian wolf, Molar (tooth), Rabies, Subspecies of Canis lupus.

Carnassial

Carnassials are paired upper and lower teeth (either molars or premolars and molars) modified in such a way as to allow enlarged and often self-sharpening edges to pass by each other in a shearing manner.

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Hokkaido wolf

The Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai), also known as the and in Russia as the Sakhalin wolf,Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N., P. (1998), Science Publishers, Inc., USA, pp.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Italian wolf

The Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus), also known as the Apennine wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the Italian Peninsula.

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Molar (tooth)

The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.

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Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals.

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Subspecies of Canis lupus

Canis lupus has 38 subspecies listed in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World, 2005 edition.

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Gray wolf and Japanese wolf Comparison

Gray wolf has 567 relations, while Japanese wolf has 56. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 1.12% = 7 / (567 + 56).

References

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