Tag Archive for 'Canis latrans'

Like dogs, coyotes have a well-developed LAOM that gives both species the ability to make ‘puppy dog eyes.’ Image credit: Cunningham et al., doi: 10.1098/rsos.241046.

Coyotes Can Do ‘Puppy Dog Eyes’ Too, New Study Shows

Oct 2, 2024 by News Staff

Recent studies suggest that a muscle called the levator anguli oculi medialis (LAOM) is unique to dogs (Canis familiaris) and evolved due to domestication....

Somewhere in Southwestern North America during the Late Pleistocene, a pack of dire wolves (Canis dirus) are feeding on their bison kill, while a pair of gray wolves (Canis lupus) approach in the hopes of scavenging. One of the dire wolves rushes in to confront the gray wolves, and their confrontation allows a comparison of the bigger, larger-headed and reddish-brown dire wolf with its smaller, gray relative. Image credit: Mauricio Antón / Nature.

Dire Wolves Split from Living Canids 5.7 Million Years Ago: Study

Jan 15, 2021 by News Staff

Dire wolves (Canis dirus) are considered to be one of the most common and widespread large carnivores in Pleistocene America, yet relatively little is...