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The dire wolf was a large, extinct member of the dog family that lived during the Ice Age and went extinct thousands of years ago. It matters to scientists studying prehistoric ecosystems and evolution because its fossils provide evidence about what carnivores existed and how they hunted during that time period.
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Canis dirus Skeleton.jpg
- Height
- 297
- Length
- 180
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- end time
- 9500-00-00
- start time
- 125000-00-
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Aeonocyon dirus
- Commons category
- Aenocyon dirus
- short name
- A. dirus
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