Canis lepophagus
In Depth Further Reading – Preliminary report on the vertebrate type locality of Cita Canyon and the description of an ancestral coyote. – American Journal Science (5)35:383-390. – C. S. Johnston – 1938.
Species Classification: Canidae
Dire Wolf
In Depth Dire wolves are extremely well known and are the single most common species of animal found at the world famous Rancho La brea Tar Pits. For a time of about one-hundred thousand years, the ranges of the dire wolf and gray wolf (Canis lupus) overlapped, and the two coexisted together. The dire wolf … Read more