Borhyaenidae

The borhyaenids, members of the Borhyaenidae family of metatherians (probably not true marsupials, but sister taxa to them; see Sparassodonta), were a carnivorous group of otter/wolverine-shaped marsupials in the order Sparassodonta. They lived in the Miocene of South America.^[1] Like most metatherians, 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 was a member of this group. Today, the Tasmanian Devil, a scavenging marsupial from Tasmania, most resembles them.

Classification

• †Family Borhyaenidae^[2]
  • †Genus Nemolestes
    • †Nemolestes spalacotherinus
  • †Genus Argyrolestes
  • †Genus Angelocabrerus
  • †Genus Pharsophorus
  • †Genus Borhyaena
    • †Borhyaena tuberata
    • †Borhyaena macrodonta
  • †Genus Pseudoborhyaena
  • †Genus Acrocyon
  • †Genus Conodonictis
  • †Genus Eutemnodus
  • †Genus Parahyaenodon

References

• Borhyaenidae - Encyclopædia Britannica