蒙古草原狼 (Měnggǔcǎoyuánláng): Mongolian steppe wolf (Canis lupus chanco)

Revered as a sacred ancestor-animal in traditional Mongolian belief. Jiang Rong's 2004 novel 《狼图腾》 (Wolf Totem) — a bestseller later adapted into a 2015 Jean-Jacques Annaud film — made the grassland wolf a touchstone in Chinese pop discussion of ecology, masculinity, and nomadic culture.

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《狼图腾》 Láng Túténg

Wolf Totem

Jiang Rong's 2004 novel about a Beijing student sent down to Inner Mongolia, centered on his encounters with the 蒙古草原狼. One of the best-selling Chinese novels of the 2000s; 2015 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.