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Lycopsis
genus of mammals (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lycopsis is an extinct genus of South American metatherian. It lived during the Miocene of what is now Colombia.[1]
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Superfamily: | †Borhyaenoidea |
Genus: | †Lycopsis Cabrera 1927 |
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Lycopsis was more likely an ambush hunter than a pounce-pursuit predator, stalking small-to medium-sized prey. The borhyaenids in general were once arboreal, and later changed their life-style to one of living on the ground. The skeleton of Lycopsis has a mosaic of features which show it was not yet a fast runner on the ground.[1]