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Falkland Islands wolf

extinct mammal
Also known as: Antarctic wolf, Dusicyon australis
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    …and the Falkland Island, or Antarctic, wolf (Dusicyon australis), which was hunted to extinction in the late 1800s.

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    …and the Falkland Island, or Antarctic, wolf (Dusicyon australis), which was hunted to extinction in the late 1800s.

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    Genetic evidence suggests that the Falkland Islands, or Antarctic, wolf (Dusicyon australis), now extinct, diverged from North American wolves some six million years ago. Although the Isthmus of Panama, which allowed the migration of canids to South America, did not form until 2.5 million years ago, D. australis was somehow…

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    Genetic evidence suggests that the Falkland Islands, or Antarctic, wolf (Dusicyon australis), now extinct, diverged from North American wolves some six million years ago. Although the Isthmus of Panama, which allowed the migration of canids to South America, did not form until 2.5 million years ago, D. australis was somehow…

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