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The borhyaenids, members of the Borhyaenidae family of marsupials, were a carnivorous group of otter/wolverine-shaped marsupials in the order Sparassodonta. They lived in the Miocene of South America. Like all marsupials, they had a pouch to carry their offspring around. Borhyaenids had strong and powerful jaws, like those of Hyaenodon and Andrewsarchus, for crushing bones. They grew up to 5 or 6 feet long. Borhyaena and Cladosictis were members of this group. Today, the Tasmanian Devil, a scavenging marsupial from Tasmania, most resembles them.
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