Borhyaena

Borhyaena Temporal range: Early Miocene 20–15 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
B. tuberata skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Metatheria
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Family:	†Borhyaenidae
Genus:	†Borhyaena Ameghino, 1887
Species
B. tuberata B. macrodonta

Borhyaena is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, living between 20 and 15 million years ago in Patagonia, Argentina. Borhyaena was a predator and had a large head and a long, powerful neck similar to living hyenas, its legs were cursorial, albeit less specialized than those of wolves or the marsupial thylacine. The most complete specimen is estimated to have weighted 23 kilograms (51 lb) and stood 50 centimetres (1.6 ft) at the shoulders.