. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 47, Part 3, 1948 t,Ci no 65 90â 80- 70- 60- 50â 40- 30- 20- lO- O. W^ -»^ â aâ "to w (C -+-â <i -^ tu X. m 100 90 10 WM Timber wolf ^1 Dire wolf PLATE 16 Bar diagram showing relative lengtlis of radius and metacarpal 3 compared with humerus, and of tibia and metatarsal 3 compared with femur in dire wolf and timber wolf. (1) In size (exclusive of that of skull, scapula and pelvis) Canis dims was, on the average, approximately 8 per cent sma
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 47, Part 3, 1948 t,Ci no 65 90â 80- 70- 60- 50â 40- 30- 20- lO- O. W^ -»^ â aâ "to w (C -+-â <i -^ tu X. m 100 90 10 WM Timber wolf ^1 Dire wolf PLATE 16 Bar diagram showing relative lengtlis of radius and metacarpal 3 compared with humerus, and of tibia and metatarsal 3 compared with femur in dire wolf and timber wolf. (1) In size (exclusive of that of skull, scapula and pelvis) Canis dims was, on the average, approximately 8 per cent smaller than that of the northern subspecies of timber wolf (C. lupus occidentalis). In this connection it must be indicated that the subspecies of gray wolf (Canis lupus irremoHis) of more southerly range in North America is a smaller animal than the northern wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis, No. 98227 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.) from Al- berta, Canada, on which the above statement is based. In a previ- ous paper the dire wolf Avas illustrated as possessing an overall size larger than that of Canis lupus irremotiis.'' (2) In comparison to the great northern timber wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis), the extinct dire wolf from Rancho La Brea had a relatively shorter fore limb (humerus -f- radius -|- meta- carpus) and, conversely, a relatively longer hind limb (femur -j- tibia -j- metatarsus). This difference, however, is slight. The = Stock, Chester, John F. Lance and John O. Nigra, Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., vol. 45, pt. 2, pp. 108-110, pi. 9, 1946. 83. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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