DIREWOLF

Dire wolf

The dire wolf is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, roughly the size of the extant gray wolf, but with a heavier build. It was most common in North America and South America from the Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch, living 1.80 Ma—10,000 years ago, persisting for approximately .

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dire wolf

Noun

  1. An extinct canine (Canis dirus) from the Pleistocene era


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