dire wolf
an extinct canid species, Aenocyon dirus, with two recognized subspecies (A. dirus dirus and A. dirus guildayi), living in the Americas and eastern Asia during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs: similar in size to the largest modern gray wolf (Canis lupus), but with larger, more powerful teeth suited for preying upon large prehistoric herbivores, such as mastodons, bison, camels, and horses.
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“At that point, we said there’s nothing you can get out of this that will tell you anything about dire wolves,” Shipman said.
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