Dire wolf
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The dire wolf is an extinct species of canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs. The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen
Canis dirus Sternberg Museum
Display at the Page Museum of 404 dire wolf skulls found in the La Brea Tar Pits
Life restoration by Erwin S. Christman, 1916
Gray wolf skeleton (left) and dire wolf skeleton
Wolf
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The wolf, also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, thoug
Dire wolf
…proximity to the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets that existed at the time. The dire wolf was about the same size as the largest modern forms of gray wolf (Canis lupus). A. d. guildayi weighed on average 60 kilograms (132 lb) and A. d. dirus was on average 68 kg (150 lb). Its skull and dentition matched…
Eurasian wolf 2
Life restoration of Canis mosbachensis, the wolf's immediate ancestor
A North American wolf
A wolf skeleton housed in the Wolf Museum, Abruzzo National Park, Italy