Borhyaena
| Borhyaena Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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| B. tuberata skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Metatheria |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Family: | †Borhyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Borhyaena Ameghino, 1887 |
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Borhyaena is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, living between 20 and 15 million years ago. Borhyaena was a large, bear-like marsupial predator of up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) long and with an estimated average weight of 100 kilograms (220 lb). A typical borhyaenid, it had flat feet and a heavy build. Borhyaena probably hunted from an ambush as its short legs would not have allowed it to run very fast.[2]
Restoration of Theosodon garretorum and Borhyaena tuberata
References
- ↑ Marshall, Larry G. (1978). "Evolution of the Borhyaenidae, extinct South American predaceous marsupials" 117. University of California Press. pp. 1–89.
- ↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 203. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.