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The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus / iː ˈ n ɒ s aɪ. ɒ n ˈ d aɪ r ə s /) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas (with a possible single record also known from East Asia) during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago).
20 de may. de 2024 · dire wolf, (Aenocyon dirus), canine that existed during the Pleistocene Epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). It is probably the most common mammalian species to be found preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California.
13 de ene. de 2021 · A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals that they were evolutionarily distant cousins of gray wolves, living in the Americas for hundreds of millennia. Learn how researchers analyzed dire wolf genomes from fossils and museum collections, and what their findings mean for the dog family tree.
12 de oct. de 2021 · Learn about the dire wolf, the largest of the Late Pleistocene canids, and its fossil record at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. Find out its scientific name, distribution, diet, behavior, and relationship to gray wolves and jackals.
8 de oct. de 2023 · Learn about the extinct dire wolf, a larger and more powerful predator than the gray wolf, that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Find out how they hunted, what they ate, and why they went extinct.
3 de dic. de 2018 · Learn about the dire wolf, a large, extinct predator that lived in North and South America during the Ice Age. Find out how it looked, what it ate, where it lived and why it went extinct.
13 de ene. de 2021 · New genetic analysis of ancient dire wolf remains challenges the common perception of it as a giant grey wolf or a close cousin of the dog. The dire wolf belonged to an unknown 6 million year-old lineage that was isolated and specialised in hunting large herbivores.
