- The dire wolf (
Aenocyon dirus /iːˈnɒsaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs/) is an
extinct canine. The dire wolf
lived in the
Americas (with a
possible single record also known...
-
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...
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abundant as
those of
other predators like
Smilodon fatalis or dire
wolves (
Aenocyon dirus) at the La Brea Tar Pits. This
suggests that they were
better at...
- the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargentus) and the now-extinct dire wolf (
Aenocyon dirus).
Besides these,
there are
species endemic to
South America: the...
- 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...
-
Smilodon fatalis and
Aenocyon dirus fight over a
Mammuthus columbi carc**** in the La Brea Tar Pits,
risking becoming trapped themselves...
- 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...
- and C. falconeri.: p148 However, a 2021
genetic study of the dire wolf (
Aenocyon dirus),
previously considered a
member of Canis,
found that it represented...
- 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...
-
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...
