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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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