The dire wolf (Canis dirus) was said to be around the size of the largest gray wolves, with a shoulder height of 97 centimeters (38 inches) and weighing around 59 to 68 kilograms (130 to 150 ...
But none of them came close in scale to the wolf caught by Evans and Standley. “The largest I ever saw was a blue color-phase ...
The American cave lion (Panthera atrox) called this continent home and was one of the largest known cats ... led to the demise of the dire wolf and many other ancient predators about 10,000 ...