Mammal
Hyaenodon
Unlike today's hyenas, it had a relatively straight back.
Hyaenodon was not a hyena, although its name and its predatory role may lead one to think so.
Three stages. One companion.
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Hyaenodon at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Paleogene / Neogene
- Group
- Hyaenodonta
- Hyaenodonts
- Fossil locations
- Eurasia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Hyaenodon
It belonged to an order of carnivorous mammals that is now extinct, not to modern hyenas. Many species have been described, although some of that diversity could reflect differences between sexes or individuals.
Unlike modern hyenas, it had a relatively straight back. It belonged to an extinct group of meat-eating mammals. Some of the many names given to its fossils may reflect differences between individuals or sexes rather than distinct species, a question researchers revisit by comparing the bones.
Hyaenodonts were predatory mammals from an extinct group, separate from modern carnivorans such as cats, dogs, and hyenas.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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