ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[Wolverine]

(01-14-2019, 08:13 AM)peter Wrote: I didn't read anything about grey wolves or dholes Arseniev's book ('Dersu the Trapper'), but Velter's book has a bit more on wolves and dholes.

During childhood I have red at least three times Arseniev's book and also don't remember even once to be mentioned any grey wolves, like they were not existing at those times in Ussuriland at all, while remember clear that Arseniev once (only once) mentioned a pack of 4 dholes he saw and once an Amur leopard. Dholes and Amur leopards inhabited only very southern part of Primorskij region, southern Sihote Alin, and it was the very northern border of their areal. In same time Amur tiger could live in much harsher climate of central Sihote Alin and partialy even in northern Sihote Alin mountain range. For sure dholes were never numerous in Russian Ussuriland, but nevertheless their extinction from the area during the 20th century is kind a mystery because they have never been persistently hunted by humans and have inhabited only remote areas.
Yes, actually the name of the dhole in Russian is exactly "Red wolf" "[]Красный волк", even this canid is quite distant from the wolf.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Красный_волк

These photos are from safari-park close to Vladivostok:

*This image is copyright of its original author

http://vladivostok.travel/en/todo/seaside-safari-park/

*This image is copyright of its original author

Grey wolves harassing Ussuri dholes, painting:

*This image is copyright of its original author

Reply