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    specimen had been found. Two subspecies are recognized: Aenocyon dirus guildayi and Aenocyon dirus dirus. The largest collection of its fossils has been obtained...
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    specimens under the name C. dirus (Leidy 1858)[citation needed]. Canis dirus, or as it is now widely recognized, Aenocyon dirus, lived in the late Pleistocene...
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    falconeri.: p148  However, a 2021 genetic study of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), previously considered a member of Canis, found that it represented...
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    comparison with the Beringian wolf, the more southerly occurring dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) was the same size but heavier and with a more robust skull and dentition...
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    extinct species, though potential candidates include the dire wolf Aenocyon dirus due to its similar body shape to modern grey wolves. Non-avian theropod...
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    Canidae Caninae Wolves Cave wolf (Canis lupus spelaeus) Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) Dholes European dhole (Cuon alpinus europaeus) Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium...
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    (Panthera atrox), the sabertooth cat Smilodon fatalis, and dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus). Around 195,000-130,000 years ago, the steppe bison (Bison priscus)...
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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 evading...
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    carnivores, which during the Late Pleistocene may have included dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus) the sabertooth cat Smilodon fatalis, the scimitar-toothed cat (Homotherium...
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    was flexible in its feeding habits. Isotopic studies of dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) and American lion (Panthera atrox) bones show an overlap with S. fatalis...
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    sardous) †Eucyon (Tedford & Qiu, 1996) † Eucyon davisi †Aenocyon (Merriam, 1918) † Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) Cerdocyonina (Tedford, et al., 2009) The South American...
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    the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargentus) and the now-extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus). Besides these, there are species endemic to South America: the maned...
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    armbrusteri diverged into C. dirus.: p243  The two taxa share a number of characteristics (synapomorphy), suggesting an origin of C. dirus in the late Irvingtonian...
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  • indicated that Canis gezi was most similar to the late Irvingtonian Aenocyon dirus nebrascensis (proposed early Dire wolf) and was its sister taxa,: 55 ...
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  • extinct canine of North America Coywolf, a wolf-coyote hybrid Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), extinct canine of North America Edward's wolf (Canis edwardii), extinct...
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    displaced by other Canid species such as Canis edwardii and later by Aenocyon dirus. Early species of Borophagus were placed in the genus Osteoborus until...
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    Conepatus, Galictis, and Leopardus. Additionally, as dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus) and Smilodon fatalis inhabited north-western South America, and were...
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    appearance of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), North America was invaded by the genus Xenocyon, which was as large as A. dirus and more hypercarnivorous....
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    onca augusta, Pleistocene North American jaguar (Pendleton County) Aenocyon dirus, dire wolf Arctodus pristinus, a giant bear Small mammals: Dasypus bellus...
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    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 killed...
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    described the holotype specimens of Arctodus (A. pristinus), the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), and the American lion (Panthera atrox), among many others. Noted American...
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  • suggestive of feeding on small prey. Partial left hindlimb assigned to cf. Aenocyon dirus is reported from the Upper Pleistocene deposits from the QM38 site in...
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    could be the reason why they survived into modern days. † Dire wolf † Aenocyon dirus Over 4.000 individuals A large wolf-like carnivore, the dire wolf was...
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  • concolor LC T(S/A) (ssp. P. c. couguar E) Smilodon fatalis (E) Dire wolf, Aenocyon dirus (E) Short-eared dog, Atelocynus microtis (A) NT Coyote, Canis latrans...
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    Aenocyon dirus (dire wolf)...
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    Smilodon fatalis and Aenocyon dirus fight over a Mammuthus columbi carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits, risking becoming trapped themselves...
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  • Megalotragus priscus Southern Africa; Eastern Africa? 6050-5050 BC Dire wolf Aenocyon dirus North America and western South America Competition with the gray wolf...
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    Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures Dire wolf Aenocyon dirus North America and western South America Most recent remains at Talara, Peru...
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    known specimen weighing up to 170 kg (370 lb). The extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) reached 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length and weighed between 50 and 110 kg...
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    bear) Ursus americanus (American black bear) Procyon lotor (raccoon) Aenocyon dirus (dire wolf) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) Leopardus amnicola (margay)...
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