Deinonycanis

Name meaning	"Terrible dog/hound"
Hybrid of	Deinonychus + Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)
Diet	Carnivore
Height	1 m
Length	4 m
Weight	100 kilos
Toy appearances	Chaos Effect

Deinonycanis is a dinosaur/mammal hybrid that is part of the Chaos Effect toy line from Kenner. It is a mixture of Deinonychus and the dire wolf (Canis dirus, currently reclassified as Aenocyon dirus).

The idea behind Deinonycanis was to breed a hybrid that could be controlled by humans with ease, but, like all other experimental dinosaur hybrids, Deinonycanis used their enhanced sense of smell and hearing to track down and hunt their creators instead of obeying them. Deinonycanis are fast, smart, and very dangerous, with at least seven of the pack hunters were created.

Toys

Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect

Recently in 2025, unpublished concept art was found in the Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect guide of Kentrosuchus, which was probably the first version of Deinonycanis, and which had DNA from Allosaurus, Kentrosaurus and Deinosuchus. If this is the case, the Kentrosuchus would be the first version of this hybrid, but as its appearance did not please the producers, it was discarded.

After a while, the producers of Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect decided to create a hybrid of Deinonychus and Dire Wolf (Canis dirus), and thus created Deinonycanis, which at first was definitely a slender quadruped Deinonychus with hints of Dire Wolf fur on the legs and the back on its head, stimulating feathers. But it also did not please the producers, and this look was also deleted.

After failing twice, the producers decided to mix the two discarded looks and thus arrived at the look they wanted (the current look of the Deinonycanis prototype). For some reason, the name remained "Deinonycanis", perhaps because it was more attractive or because "Kentrosuchus" (the deleted look and first version) had a normal theropod foot, while the current look of this one had a dromeaosaurid claw on its foot (which belonged to Deinonychus).

Trivia

• If translated literally, "Deinonycanis" translates to "terrible-clawed dog".
• It can be noted that Deinonycanis looks similar to the Troodon seen in Jurassic Park: The Game.
• A photo of an unnamed figure (pictured above and below) is believed to be Deinonycanis due to its similarities to a known sketch of the creature (pictured below).
• It highly resembles the Indoraptor and the Indolycan.

Deinonycanis Courtesy of JPToys.com

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