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- The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus /iːˈnɒsaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs/) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene...
- 1858)[citation needed]. Canis dirus, or as it is now widely recognized, Aenocyon dirus, lived in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene in North and South...
- species was flexible in its feeding habits. Isotopic studies of dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) and American lion (Panthera atrox) bones show an overlap with S...
- previously proposed taxonomic classification of the dire wolf as genus Aenocyon. The study proposes an early origin of the dire wolf lineage in the Americas...
- abundant as those of other predators like Smilodon fatalis or dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus) at the La Brea Tar Pits. This may suggests that they were better...
- may belong to the same lineage as Aenocyon. In a 2024 study, Armbruster's wolf was considered as a species of Aenocyon, while Canis edwardii was considered...
- in extinct species, though potential candidates include the dire wolf Aenocyon dirus due to its similar body shape to modern grey wolves. Non-avian theropod...
- big-game hunting niche left vacant after the extinction of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), as it was rapidly filled by gray wolves, which likely actively...
- the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargentus) and the now-extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus). Besides these, there are species endemic to South America: the...
- Smilodon fatalis and Aenocyon dirus fight over a Mammuthus columbi carc**** in the La Brea Tar Pits, risking becoming trapped themselves...