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Borhyaena is an extinct genus of metatherians. It lived in South America between 20 and 15 million years ago.
Borhyaena Temporal range: early Miocene ~ | |
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B. tuberata skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Sparassodonta |
Family: | †Borhyaenidae |
Genus: | †Borhyaena Ameghino 1887 |
Species | |
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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.
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