Borhyaena

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Borhyaena
Temporal range: early Miocene
~17.5–15.5 Ma[1]
B. tuberata skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sparassodonta
Family: Borhyaenidae
Genus: Borhyaena
Ameghino 1887
Species
  • B. macrodonta (Ameghino 1902)
  • B. tuberata (Ameghino 1887)

Borhyaena is an extinct genus of metatherians. It lived in South America between 20 and 15 million years ago.

It was a predator whose lifestyle must have been rather similar to that of a hyaena. It lived between 17.5 and 15.5 million years ago in Patagonia. Two species have been found.

References[change | change source]

  1. Marshall, Larry G. (1978). "Evolution of the Borhyaenidae, extinct South American predaceous marsupials". 117. University of California Press: 1–89. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)