Which dog breed is extinct, Japanese Chin or Tahltan Bear Dog?
Japanese Chin The Japanese Chin (Japanese: 狆, "chin"), also known as the Japanese Spaniel, is a dog acknowledged for its importance to Japanese nobility. It is also known for its strabismus of the eyes. Being both a lap dog and a companion dog, this toy breed has a distinctive heritage.
Ashorocetus Ashorocetus is a monotypic genus of an extinct primitive baleen whale of the family Aetiocetidae. It was named by , and contains one species, "A. eguchii". Fossils of this whale are found from the Chattian Morawan formation, near Ashoro, of upper Oligocene () Hokkaido, Japan ( , paleocoordinates ). "Ashorocetus eguchii" was described based on a partial skull and is named after the type locality and Kenichiro Eguchi of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology.