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Art credit, flag is mine
1) https://www.deviantart.com/hodarinundu/art/Aenocyon-Dire-Wolf-Reborn-848539847
2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturewasmetal/comments/jqrcol/the_dire_wolf_aenocyon_dirus/
3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Paleontology/comments/lcqbv4/dire_wolf_aenocyon_dirus_by_julio_lacerda/
5) https://twitter.com/cenosurvivalrbx/status/1316955733049675782
6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aenocyon_dirus_restoration_%26_skeleton.jpg
7) https://twitter.com/HodariNundu/status/1349629120133492737
8) https://www.deviantart.com/smerjeevski/art/Canis-Dirus-845795930
9) https://www.deviantart.com/iofryy/art/Aenocyon-dirus-868633303
10) https://www.deviantart.com/smerjeevski/art/Canis-Dirus-816988406
Well, I’ve already posted this on Instagram before I started on the non-mammals, so I guess we’ll start my mammal series with Aenocyon dirus, the Dire Wolf!
In case you haven’t heard yet, some Dire Wolf DNA was able to be examined and it was found that Dire Wolves are actually not just larger, bulkier gray wolves… in fact they’re not even wolves at all! They belong to their own genus, Aenocyon, and would have probably looked like older species of dog and been more suited for temperate climates rather than tundra.
For this one in particular, I combined coloration of bush dogs, jackals, African wild dogs, and maned wolves. Though it sorta ended up looking like a long-legged wolverine. 😅
art by Mauricio Anton