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Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris

Pachycrocuta brevirostris

Pachycrocuta (Pachycrocuta Kretzoi, 1938)

 

Order: Carnivora

Family: Hyaenidae

Time period: Middle Pliocene and the Middle Pleistocene, about 3 million to 500,000 years ago.(Africa and Eurasia)

Size: 1,7 m in length, 105 cm in height, 130 kg of weight

Typical representative: Pachycrocuta brevirostris Aymard, 1846

 

Pachycrocuta was a genus of prehistoric hyenas. The largest and most well-researched species was the giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris, which stood about 100 cm at the shoulder and may have weighed 150 kg  — the size of a lioness. This would make it the largest hyena to have ever lived. It lived between the Middle Pliocene and the Middle Pleistocene, about 3 million to 500,000 years ago. Fossil remains have been found in many localities of Eurasia and southern and eastern Africa. It probably was a small-pack hunter of large animals (up to deer size and occasionally larger) and also scavenged for food. Possibly it preferentially did the latter because it was a very heavyset animal not built for chasing prey over long distances. In this aspect it would have differed from the Spotted Hyena of today, which is a more nimble animal that, contrary to its image as a scavenger, usually kills its own food but often gets displaced by lions.

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Pachycrocuta (Pachycrocuta Kretzoi, 1938)

 

Order: Carnivora

Family: Hyaenidae

Time period: Middle Pliocene and the Middle Pleistocene, about 3 million to 500,000 years ago.(Africa and Eurasia)

Size: 1,7 m in length, 105 cm in height, 130 kg of weight

Typical representative: Pachycrocuta brevirostris Aymard, 1846

 

Pachycrocuta was a genus of prehistoric hyenas. The largest and most well-researched species was the giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris, which stood about 100 cm at the shoulder and may have weighed 150 kg  — the size of a lioness. This would make it the largest hyena to have ever lived. It lived between the Middle Pliocene and the Middle Pleistocene, about 3 million to 500,000 years ago. Fossil remains have been found in many localities of Eurasia and southern and eastern Africa. It probably was a small-pack hunter of large animals (up to deer size and occasionally larger) and also scavenged for food. Possibly it preferentially did the latter because it was a very heavyset animal not built for chasing prey over long distances. In this aspect it would have differed from the Spotted Hyena of today, which is a more nimble animal that, contrary to its image as a scavenger, usually kills its own food but often gets displaced by lions.

Reviews (5):
Митрич
06.11.2018
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18.09.2018
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30.10.2014
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anonamous
26.03.2014
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Vicereine
25.04.2013
These are great images! Have you ever considered making one of the chasmaporthetes (a prehistoric hyena)? By the way, I tried to give a rating of five stars, but it wouldn't let me...unless there's supposed to be only four.