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Dire Wolf v Spotted Hyena
Topic Started: Jun 17 2012, 05:58 PM (37,526 Views)
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Dire Wolf - Canis dirus
The Dire wolf (Canis dirus) is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, and was most common in North America and South America from the Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch living 1.80 Ma – 10,000 years ago, existing for approximately 1.79 million years. lthough it was closely related to the Gray Wolf and other sister species, Canis dirus was not the direct ancestor of any species known today. Unlike the Gray Wolf, which is of Eurasian origin, the Dire Wolf evolved on the North American continent, along with the Coyote. The Dire Wolf co-existed with the Gray Wolf in North America for about 100,000 years. The dire wolf was about the same size as the largest modern gray wolves (Canis lupus), which are the Yukon wolf and the northwestern wolf. C. d. guildayi weighed on average 60 kilograms (132 lb) and C. d. dirus was on average 68 kg (150 lb). Despite superficial similarities to the Gray Wolf, there were significant differences between the two species. The legs of the Dire Wolf were proportionally shorter and sturdier than those of the Gray Wolf, and its brain case was smaller than that of a similarly sized gray wolf. The Dire Wolf's teeth were similar to the Gray Wolf's, only slightly larger, pointing to a hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous activity. Paleontologist R.M. Nowak states the dietary characteristics are primarily carnivorous as well as partially omnivorous.

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Spotted Hyena - Crocuta crocuta
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena or tiger wolf, is a species of hyena native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated at 10,000 individuals. The spotted hyena is the largest extant member of the Hyaenidae.[43] Adults measure 95.0—165.8 cm in body length, and have a shoulder height of 70.0-91.5 cm. Adult male spotted hyenas in the Serengeti weigh 40.5—55.0 kg (89—121 lb), while females weigh 44.5—63.9 kg (98—141 lb). Spotted hyenas in Zambia tend to be heavier, with males weighing on average 67.6 kg (149 lb), and females 69.2 kg (153 lb). Exceptionally large weights of 81.7 kg (180 lb) and 86 kg (190 lb) are known. It has been estimated that adult members of the now extinct Eurasian populations weighed 102 kg (225 lbs).

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How about Spotted hyena vs Dire wolf?


Edited by Taipan, Oct 15 2017, 05:22 PM.
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Hyena would win!
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Lord have mercy........ Id love to hear why the hyena would win jagis.....
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I think the hyena would win. Could be wrong but I don't think the wolf would have the agility or speed to beat hyena. Hyena durability is way better than wolves. Hyena has a much stronger bite up to 1000lbs of force. They measured a modern grey wolfs bite he was over 100lbs in body weight. His bite measured 400lbs of force. I don't know how much stronger the dire wolf bite was than the grey but I doubt it was 1000lbs. I will put videos of bite force for you to prove I'm right. The dire wolf was average weight was
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150lbs. The scale was between 110 to 174lbs of body weight for dire wolf.
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Animal King
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Wolf bite force: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwB2Lzkacps

Hyena bite force: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphF9sb_NJ8

Dogs bite force: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-9UNEDbXAc

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The dire wolf is still a formidable opponent. Like I have stated before I have seen a boerboel dog beat spotted hyena larger than its self. If boerboel can do that the dire wolf could do that to a spotted too.
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A video about the dire wolf: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dire+wolf&view=detail&mid=8F58D69B9D5389D859D58F58D69B9D5389D859D5&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR
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dire wolf wins. it is about the same size as the hyena but it has a stronger bite.
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Animal King
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Really you think it has a stronger bite than hyena? Why?
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Hyena has a super powerful bite and is far more durable. Its pain tolerance is insane, and that's enough for me to give it the edge.
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Even the bulky dire wolf is not as powerful pound for pound as the hyena. However in this battle I think its size makes up for it. Their bite forces are probably comparable The larger the dog's head; the stronger its bite. And the dire wolf has a big head. The hyena's skull allows for attacent of powerful jaw muscles and its large teeth can handle wistand strong forces ( at least as strong as a tiger). The wolf has the mobility and speed advantage compared to the hyena who has large frontlegs and shorter back legs. Dire wolf wins due to at least equal strength and superior speed and agility.
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One of the closest match ups I've seen. I'd have to give it to the dire wolf on account of superior agility.
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A lot of misinformed people in this thread, I'm still on my correction sweep. I'll get back to this later.
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A lot of misinformed people in this thread, I'm still on my correction sweep. I'll get back to this later.
And I'll be waiting B-)
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Nvm to be frank I don't even need to. All Mechafire should have done was read the previous page and he would have known his assumption was incorrect. For the majority Dire Wolves are more robust than hyena and more powerfully built, and that Animal King was just making noon mistakes so I'm not touching his post.
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