dire wolf
noun
: a large extinct wolflike mammal (Aenocyon dirus) known from Pleistocene deposits of North America
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Thousands of years ago, prey animals fell into the seeps, made a ruckus, and attracted predators such as the saber-tooth cat and the dire wolf.
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Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
But an international team of scientists reported in the journal Nature that the first sequencing of the dire wolf genome showed an unexpectedly large genetic separation between the two species, big enough that the dire wolf is not just a separate species but a separate genus.
—Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
Sabertooth cats also lived among the dire wolf, stag-moose, muskox, giant short-face bears, bison, and mammoth.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
The study Perri participated in opens up whole new avenues of investigation into the life and evolution of the dire wolf.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
But an international team of scientists reported in the journal Nature that the first sequencing of the dire wolf genome showed an unexpectedly large genetic separation between the two species, big enough that the dire wolf is not just a separate species but a separate genus.
—Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
Sabertooth cats also lived among the dire wolf, stag-moose, muskox, giant short-face bears, bison, and mammoth.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
The study Perri participated in opens up whole new avenues of investigation into the life and evolution of the dire wolf.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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“Dire wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dire%20wolf. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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