2016/11/18 by Lu Wang, Yaping Ma, Qi-Jun Zhou +3 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
paper · doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.6.315
openalex publication_date 2016/11/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
, published by Princeton University Press. It is essential to solve this discrepancy since dogs may have originated from grey wolfs in southern China. Therefore, we systematically investigated Chinese literatures about wild animal surveys and identified more than 100 articles and books that included information of the distribution of grey wolves in China. We also surveyed the collections of three Chinese natural museums and found 26 grey wolf skins specimens collected across China. Moreover, we investigated the fossil records of wolf in China and identified 25 archaeological sites with wolf remains including south China. In conclusion, with the comprehensive summary of Chinese literatures, museum specimens and fossil records, we demonstrate that grey wolves does distribute across all parts of the Chinese mainland, including the most southern parts of China.