The Dire Wolf (Aenocyon dirus) is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Aenocyon and was most common in North America and South America from the Cenozoic Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch living 1.80 million years ago – 10,000 years ago, existing for approximately 1.79 million years. They lived alongside another megafauna such as the Short-faced Bear, Mammoth, and Smilodon among other.
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