Dire Wolf
Dire Wolf
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| ダイアウルフ | |||
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| Romaji | Daia Urufu
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
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| Scientific Name | Aenocyon dirus
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| Distribution | North America, South America
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| Diet | Carnivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | ?
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| Read More | Dire wolf
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| Dire Wolf | KF3 | Nexon Game | Stage Play | KemoV | Gallery |
Dire Wolf is an extinct type of mammalian Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game. She has since appeared in the =LOVE Stage Project "Kemono Friends" stage play. She has also debuted as a member of KemoV, the Kemono Friends virtual Youtuber group.
Appearance
Dire Wolf has sandy brown eyes with long messy hair that starts being Persian blue at the top, fades into a lighter color and ends in white, with a small black spot on the middlemost bang. Her hair is stylized in the form of twin-tails, held together by a pair of black ribbons on each side of her head, and she wears makeup comprised of blue lipstick and blue eye shadows. As other Friends, she has a pair of animal ears that befit her species and a large wolf tail that starts being Persian blue and fades into a darker color towards the end.
She wears a white shirt, a Persian blue v-neck sweater and a double-breasted black jacket with puffed sleeves. Her outfit is complemented by an azure blue tie with a tartan pattern, matching with the pockets and cuffs of her jacket and her short circular skirt, white gloves and a black and blue armband. She has a little badge attached to the left side of her jacket with the symbol of Japari Park on it. She wears a garter belt and Persian blue thigh highs that fade to white towards the feet, and matching white Mary Jane shoes with white fur socks.
Series Appearances
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In Real Life
Dire Wolf is an extinct canine once inhabited North America and Eastern Asia during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). It lived as recently as 9,500 years ago. Its remains have been found across a wide range of habitats including plains, grasslands and forested mountain areas in North America, the arid savanna of South America, and the steppes of Eastern Asia. Some regions have an elevation as high as 2,255m (7,400 ft) above sea level.
Despite its name, Dire Wolf lineage evolved independently from wolf and coyote lineages. A study of nuclear DNA sequencing in 2021 shows Dire Wolf diverged from the most recent common ancestor with wolf-like canines 5.7 million years ago. The study also found no indication of hybridization in the Dire wolf samples. It indicates that similarity between Dire Wolf and grey wolf is a result of convergent evolution.
Dire Wolf was about the same size as the largest modern Grey Wolf. Two subspecies have been recognized so far. One subspecies, guildayi, weighed on average 60 kg (132 lb) and the other, dirus, was on average 68 kg (150 lb). Its skull and dentition are found to match those of Grey Wolf but with larger teeth capable of stronger shearing and higher biting force. These characteristics are thought to adapt to hunt on Late Pleistocene megaherbivores including western horses, ground sloths, mastodons and ancient bisons. Dire Wolf went extinct during the Quaternary extinction event along with its main prey species. Scientists proposed its reliance on large herbivores, along with climatic change, and competition with other predators or a combination of those factors lead to its extinction.