Lycyaena

Lycyaena Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Genus:	† Lycyaena Hensel, 1863
Species
L. chaeretis Gaudry, 1861 L. macrostoma Lydekker, 1884 L. dubia Zdansky, 1924 L. crusafonti Kurtén, 1976

Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore in the family Hyaenidae. ^[1] Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger. It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer ^[2] that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).

References

1. Turner, A.; Antón, M.; Werdelin, L. (2008). "Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe". Geobios. 41 (5): 677. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001.
2. R. F. Ewer, The Carnivores (1973)