Although mastodons, giant ground sloths, camels, and other species were on the menu, dire wolves usually ate bison or horses. About half their diet was bison and the other half was horses, but given they were most likely opportunistic, they probably would eat other animals, if they presented themselves. Dire wolves most likely hunted in packs to kill their prey.

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