Borhyaena

Borhyaena (Borhyaena Ameghino, 1887)

 

Infraclass: Metatheria

Order: †Sparassodonta

Family: †Borhyaenidae

Dimensions: length - 2,2 m, height - 50 сm, weight - 23 - 65 kg

Temporal range: South America (17.5 -15.5 million years ago)

 

Borhyaena is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, living between 17.5 and 15.5 million years ago. Borhyaena was a large, bear-like marsupial predator of up to 2.2 metres long and with an estimated average weight of 25 kilograms. 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.

marsupialia, Borhyaena, borhyaenidae, eocene, sparassodonta, carnivora, metatheria, South America, oligocene