Kingdom Animalia Family Hyaenidae Rank Genus | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores | |
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Similar Carnivores, Plioviverrops, Adcrocuta, Ictitherium, Chasmaporthetes | ||
Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore the family Hyaenidae. Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger. It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer, The Carnivores(1973) that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).
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