Ice age America belonged to a heavier wolf. Aenocyon dirus stood about as tall as a grey wolf but carried more bone, a broader head and stronger teeth, and it hunted across the continent until roughly thirteen thousand years ago. More than four thousand individuals have come out of the tar pits at Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles, which makes it one of the best recorded predators of the period. Genetic work published in 2021 placed it on a branch of its own, a distant relation of the wolves alive today rather than a close cousin. Caught mid stride The steel version shows the whole animal in profile and stretched to full extension: the head is carried forward at shoulder height, the front legs reach away in front, the tail runs out straight behind. It is drawn in cut edges alone, a lattice of triangles with the space between them left open, so it reads as a silhouette across a room and as a web of angles up close. The ears stand in a tight crown of points above the muzzle. How it hangs A short length of chain joins the wolf to a wide split ring in the same bright steel.The fitting Material: stainless steel Key ring size: 25 Key ring diameter: 24.50 mm Weight: 7.50 gr Unisex See more in the wolf keychain the gray wolf range.Free worldwide shipping, 7 to 12 business days. 30 day returns. See our shipping policy for details.