Lycyaena
| Lycyaena | |
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| Skull of Lycyaena | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Lycyaena Hensel, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| †Lycyaena dubia Zdansky, 1924 | |
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Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore in the family Hyaenidae. Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger. It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's aardwolf (Proteles cristatus). Lycyaena lived in Eurasia and North Africa during the Late Miocene.