The dire wolf went extinct near the end of the last ice age, around 12000 years ago. Dire wolves preyed on the mega herbivores, and as they died out, compitition from the smaller and more common gray wolf lead to this species demise.
they competed along side other loner predators and lost this also killed off cave bear and smilodon humans won cause of throwing spears
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The Tasmanian wolf, better known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine, is believed to have become extinct from the Australian mainland due to the introduction of the dingo, and the increased...
The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger and sometimes the Tasmanian Wolf), became extinct during the 20th century. The last known specimen died in the Hobart Zoo on...