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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). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first ...
Sein englischer Trivialname ist dire wolf (englisch dire ‚schrecklich, fürchterlich‘). Im Deutschen findet sich seit Anfang der 2020er Jahre Schattenwolf als Trivialname, in Analogie zur Bezeichnung ähnlich gestalteter Phantasiewesen im Fantasy -Genre und in Computerspielen .
20. Mai 2024 · Dire wolf was a large and widespread species that lived in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch. It differed from modern wolves in skull, brain, and limb size, and evolved independently of them.
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13. Jan. 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 fossils from La Brea Tar Pits and other sites, and what their findings mean for the dog family tree.
A study of dire wolf DNA reveals that these extinct predators were not wolves, but rather the last of a dog lineage that evolved in North America. The findings challenge the long-held assumption that dire wolves were gray wolves' ancestors and suggest they were specialized and isolated hunters.
13. Jan. 2021 · Learn how ancient DNA analysis reveals the extinction of the dire wolf, a huge predator that roamed North America, and how Brexit affects UK-EU science collaboration. Listen to interviews with researchers and experts on these topics and more on the Nature Podcast.
13. Jan. 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.
