Percrocuta

Percrocuta is an extinct genus of hyena-like feliform carnivores. It lived in Europe, Asia, and Africa, during the Miocene epoch.

Percrocuta
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Percrocutidae
Genus: Percrocuta
Kretzoi, 1938
Type species
Hyaena carnifex
Pilgrim, 1913
Species
  • Percrocuta abessalomi Gabunia, 1958
  • Percrocuta carnifex Pilgrim, 1913
  • Percrocuta grandis
  • Percrocuta leakeyi Howell & Petter, 1985
  • Percrocuta miocenica Pavolović & Thenius, 1965
  • Percrocuta tobieni Crusafont & Aguirre, 1971
  • Percrocuta xixiaensis Xiong, 2022
  • Percrocuta tungurensis
Synonyms

Capsatherium Kurtén, 1978

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