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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 .
8. Apr. 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.
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.
3. Dez. 2018 · Learn about the dire wolf, a large, extinct predator that lived in North and South America during the Ice Age. Find out how it looked, what it ate, where it lived and why it went extinct.
12. Okt. 2021 · Learn about the dire wolf, the largest of the Late Pleistocene canids, and its fossil record at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. Find out its scientific name, distribution, diet, behavior, and relationship to gray wolves and jackals.
