Sakhalin Gray Wolf

The Sakhalin gray wolf is a subspecies gray wolf that lived in forests, mountains and grasslands of Japan. They feed on sika deer, serows, wild boars, gaurs (introduced), quaggas (introduced), sambar deer (introduced), nilgais (introduced), etc. Unlike all gray wolf subspecies, they avoid hunting livestock and only hunt large game. It does well with humans and tolerates human activities. Like all gray wolf subspecies, its main form of communication is howling. They were introduced to the grasslands, woodlands, forests and shrublands of North America. It is the only subspecies of gray wolf native to Japan.