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The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus[10] / iːˈnɒsaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs /) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas (with a possible single record also known from East Asia) during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen had been found.
Armbruster's wolf (Canis armbrusteri) is an extinct species that was endemic to North America and lived during the Irvingtonian stage [1] of the Pleistocene epoch, spanning from 1.9 Mya —250,000 years BP. [2] It is notable because it is proposed as the ancestor of one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, the dire wolf ...
Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology. The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures. The modern trope of the Big Bad Wolf arises from ...
[9] [65] The migration of the Beringian wolf southwards is assumed to have been the result of pursuing prey species, as this cave also contained specimens of steppe bison that had migrated from Beringia and would have been prey for wolves, [9] [66] and musk ox that is known to be an important prey species of the Beringian wolf. [9] [10] Dire ...
Tapestry depicting a Florentine wolf hunt (c.14th century), Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. Wolf hunting is the practice of hunting wolves. Wolves are mainly hunted for sport, for their skins, to protect livestock and, in some rare cases, to protect humans. [ 1 ] Wolves have been actively hunted since 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, when they first ...
The dhole (/ d oʊ l / dohl; [2] [3] Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to South, East and Southeast Asia.It is anatomically distinguished from members of the genus Canis in several aspects: its skull is convex rather than concave in profile, it lacks a third lower molar and the upper molars possess only a single cusp as opposed to between two and four.
The last wolf in England, raised by humans, pursued by the Hunter. Gmork. The Neverending Story. Michael Ende. Servant of the power behind The Nothing tasked with killing Atreyu before he can save Fantastica. Hopper. The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan. Hopper is a friend and teacher of the wolfbrother Perrin Aybara.
Diet. [] Location of a dog's carnassials; the inside of the 4th upper premolar aligns with the outside of the 1st lower molar, working like scissor blades. Isotopic bone collagen analysis of the specimens indicated that Pleistocene wolves ate horse, bison, woodland muskox, and mammoth — i.e., Pleistocene megafauna.