Borhyaenidae

Borhyaenids
Lycopsis longirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Metatheria
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Family:	†Borhyaenidae Ameghino, 1894

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• Borhyaenidae - Encyclopedia Britannica

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