See dirus on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2025 April 7, Katie Hunt, “Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf”, in CNN (in English), archived from the original on 27 Apr 2025:",
"text": "The dire wolf, Aenocyon dirus, which was the inspiration for the fearsome canine featured in the HBO TV series “Game of Thrones,” was a top predator that once roamed North America. (HBO shares parent company Warner Bros. Discovery with CNN.) […] Using ancient DNA extracted from two dire wolf fossils, Colossal’s scientists and collaborators said they were able to assemble two high-quality Aenocyon dirus genomes, or complete sets of genetic information.",
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