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Canis dirus
Leidy, 1858
- dire wolf
(mammal)
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Canis (Genus) - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
..Canis adustus (Species) - side-striped jackal
..†Canis arnensis (Species)
..Canis aureus (Species) - golden jackal
..†Canis davisi (Species)
..Canis latrans (Species) - coyote
..Canis lupus (Species) - wolf
..Canis mesomelas (Species) - black-backed jackal
..Canis simensis (Species) - Ethiopian wolf
..†Canis vitastensis (Species)
..†Theriodictis (Subgenus)
..‡Canis dirus (Species) - dire wolf
Basic information
Distribution
:
Nearctic/United States
Period
:
Pleistocene - Holocene [2.58 Ma - present]
Status
:
extinct
Paleontology
Period
:
-2 Mya - -0 Mya
Ref:
Wikimedia, 2001-present
: 8 Dec 2009.
Period
:
Early Pleistocene
-
Late Pleistocene
Ref:
Wikimedia, 2001-present
: 8 Dec 2009.
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