Hyaenotherium

Hyaenotherium
Temporal range: (Vallesian to Turolian)
Hyaenotherium hyaeneides mandible
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Hyaenidae
Subfamily: †Ictitheriinae
Genus: †Hyaenotherium
Semenov, 1989
Type species
†Hyaenotherium wongii
(Zdansky, 1924)
Other species
  • †H. ebu (Werdelin, 2005)
Synonyms
Species synonymy
  • H. wongii:
    • Ictitherium hipparionum (Gervais, 1846) Gaudryi, 1862
    • Palhyaena hipparionum (Gervais 1846) Kittl, 1887
    • Ictitherium wongii Zdansky, 1924
    • Ictitherium ?wongii (Zdansky, 1924) Kretzoi, 1938
    • Hyaenalopex atticus Kretzoi, 1952
    • Palhyaena wongii (Zdansky, 1924) Howell & Petter, 1980
    • Thalassictis wongii (Zdansky, 1924) Solounias, 1981
    • Thalassictis mesotes Kurtén, 1985
    • Hyaenotherium magnum Semenov, 1989
  • H. ebu:
    • Ictitherium ebu Werdelin, 2005

Hyaenotherium is an extinct genus of hyaenids that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Late Miocene. The type species, H. wongii, was one of the most numerous Eurasian hyaenids. More than 100 specimens of H. wongii have been discovered in China. H. ebu from Lothagam, Kenya, differs from the type species by its limbs which are longer and significantly thinner.

Some authors argue that Hyaenotherium is a junior synonym of Hyaenictitherium (Kretzoi, 1938).

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