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THE HYAENIDAE AND FAMILY: YOU'RE HAVING A LAUGH!

Tracing the ancestry of the hyaenas and their relatives, including the now-extinct Percocrucutids and Lopocyonids.

 
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Percrocutidae
†Percrocuta spp.
14.2-9.0 Mya
 
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Percrocutidae
†Dinocrocuta spp.
11.6-5.3 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Protictitherium spp.
16.0-7.2 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Plioviverrops spp.
11.6-5.3 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Tungutictis spocki
16.0-5.3 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Thalassictis spp.
16.0-4.9 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Tongxinictis primordialis
15.0-13.5 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Ictitherium spp.
12.7-5.3 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Miohyaenotherium bessarabicum
9.0-5.3 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Hyaenotherium spp.
23.0-16.0 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Hyaenictitherium spp.
11.6-2.6 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Lycyaena spp.
11.6-0.8 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Hyaenictis spp.
16.0-0.8 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Lycyaenops spp.
2.6-0.8 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Ictitheriinae
†Chasmaporthetes spp.
running hyaena
4.9-0.8 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Protelinae
†Proteles amplidentus
2.6 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Protelinae
Proteles cristata
aardwolf
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Metahyaena confector
11.6 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Palinhyaena reperta
7.8-7.3 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Belbus beaumonti
9.0-5.3 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Hyaena abronia
7.3-2.6 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
Hyaena hyaena
striped hyaena
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Parahyaena howelli
5.3 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
Parahyaena brunnea
brown hyaena
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Pliocrocuta perrieri
5.3-2.6 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Pachycrocuta brevirostris
giant hyaena
7.2-0.4 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Adcrocuta eximia
11.6-3.6 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Allohyaena kadici
11.6-5.3 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Crocuta dietrichi
3.8-2.6 Mya
 
Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
†Crocuta eturono
3.8-2.6 Mya
 
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Hyaenidae | Hyaeninae
Crocuta crocuta
spotted hyaena
 
Lophocyonidae
†Izmirictis cani
20.0-16.9 Mya
 
Lophocyonidae
†Euboictis aliverensis
16.9-16.0 Mya
 
Lophocyonidae
†Lophocyon spp.
16.0-11.6 Mya
 
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Lophocyonidae
†Sivanasua spp.
16.9-11.1 Mya
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