Percrocuta

Percrocuta
Temporal range:
Jaws and teeth of P. tobieni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Hyaenidae
Subfamily: †Percrocutinae
Genus: †Percrocuta
Kretzoi, 1938
Type species
Percrocuta carnifex
Pilgrim, 1913
Species
  • †Percrocuta abessalomi Gabunia, 1958
  • †Percrocuta carnifex Pilgrim, 1913
  • †Percrocuta grandis Kurtén, 1957
  • †Percrocuta leakeyi Howell & Petter, 1985
  • †Percrocuta miocenica Pavolović & Thenius, 1965
  • †Percrocuta tobieni Crusafont & Aguirre, 1971
  • †Percrocuta xixiaensis Xiong, 2022
  • †Percrocuta tungurensis (Colbert, 1939)
Synonyms

Capsatherium Kurtén, 1978

Percrocuta is an extinct genus of percrocutid hyena. It lived in Eurasia and Africa, during the Miocene epoch.

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