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dire wolf

extinct species of canids (Canidae)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q496689
dire wolf
Erwin S. Christman · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

dire wolf is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.051% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,253 views/month, #5 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Aenocyon[4]
  • Taxon name: Aeonocyon dirus[5]
  • Commons category: Aenocyon dirus[6]
  • Start time: -125000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • End time: 9500 BC[8]
  • Original combination: Canis dirus[9]
  • Short name: A. dirus[10]
  • Length: 180 cm[11]
  • Height: 297 cm[12]

Body

Identifiers

dire wolf's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 201438[13]. dire wolf's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2562269[14]. dire wolf's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4444493[15]. dire wolf's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5936116[16].

Why It Matters

dire wolf has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Paleoarbos dev · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon name → Aeonocyon dirus
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon name: Aenocyon dirus"
  2. 21w ago · Ske · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → -9500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon → Aenocyon
    Start time → —
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Q139821802"
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