Armbrusters Wolf

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Canis armbrusteri Fossil range: Middle Pleistocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Genus: Canis Species: C. armbrusteri
Binomial name
Canis armbrusteri J. W. Gidley, 1913

Canis armbrusteri or Armbrusters Wolf is considered the ancestor of the Dire wolf one of the most recent evolutionary ancestors to the wolf and differs from the Gray wolf and Dire wolf because of a more narrow skull. It is considered to be the closest relative to Canis falconeri.

C. armbrusteri first appeared during the mid-Pleistocene, in North America, and later also spread to South America. It is believed to be the ancestor of the Dire wolf.

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