wolf linage began 37 million years ago

Three Pack Photo � Monty Sloan Wolf Facts
Wolf Pups Photo � Monty Sloan
The Dog linage began 37 million years ago in North America in predators that had distinctive pairs of shearing teeth and ran down prey. Early canids reached Europe seven million years ago.

Eight million years ago a powerful canid called Epicyon attacks a horned herbivore. Epicyon were the size of large wolves and lived in North America.

A pack of Eucyon attacks an early peccary.
The Eucyon, a fox-size canid, moved west from North America around 4 to 6 million years ago and gave rise to most modern canids, including wolves, coyotes, and jackals.
Two Wolves Photo � Monty Sloan
Wolf Facts Photo � Monty Sloan
 
 
Wolves Evolve
Hesperocyon
37 mya
Sunkahetanka
28 mya
Archaeocyon
32mya
Borophagus
12 mya
Phlaocyon
30 mya
Eucyon
9mya
Gray Wolf Canis lupus
1mya

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