Borhyaena

Borhyaena; Temporal range: early Miocene ; ~17.5–15.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	B. tuberata skull
Scientific 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

↑ 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)

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[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)

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Borhyaena Temporal range: early Miocene ~17.5–15.5 Ma^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

B. tuberata skull
Scientific 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)