Greater Chaltapicach
“ I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf. ”
– George Chapman
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sparassodonta
Family: Borhyaenidae
Genus: †Borhyaena
Species: †Borhyaena macrodonta
Descendant: borhyaenids
Named by: Florentino Ameghino
Year Published: 1902
Size: 50 centimeters (1.6 ft); 23 kilograms (51 lb)
Lifespan: 8 to 12+ years
Type:
Synapsids
Mammals (Borhyaenids)
Title:
False Hyena Beast
Pantheon: Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Time Period: Early Miocene (Santacrucian) ~17.5–15.5 Ma to present
Alignment: Docile
Threat Level: ★★★
Diet: Omnivorous
Elements: n/a
Inflicts: none
Weaknesses: Fire 🔥, water 🌊, rock 🪨, air 🌬️, electric ⚡, leaf 🌿, ice ❄️, metal 🔩, dark 🌑, light 💡, arcane ✨, fae 🧚
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status:
Earth: Extinct (EX) – IUCN Red List
Reinachos: Vulnerable (VU) – IUCN Red List
Sawintir: Critically Endangered (CR) – IUCN Red List
Greater Chaltapicach (Borhyaena macrodonta) is the extinct species of metatherian, a civet sized marsupial relatives of South America.
Etymology
Chaltapicach is the Anglicization and Hispanization from Aymara: Ch’allt’ap'iqach, is a compound word "ch’allt’ata" (curshed), "p'iqi" (head), and "aycha" (meat), which means "crushed meat head".
Physical Appearance
The predatory metatherian Borhyaena evolved as a result of evolutionary convergence, and hyenas and civets get it wrong for it. Borhyaenas have short legs, a medium-length torso, a medium tail, a short snout, and a round nose, and even a tail that extends against rear limbs.
Abilities
Unlike hyenas, the Borhyaena had a big head with powerful jaws filled with enormous teeth used to crush bone, shells, and even wooden materials.
Ecology
One of the many species of metatherians are now threatened by North American placentals in Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs before humans arrived. Despite their name, this is not real feliform, as results share hyenas to their ecological niche and ecological balance, via convergent evolution.
Behavior
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Distribution and Habitat
Borhyaena was a predator, native to Patagonia, Argentina (Santa Cruz and Sarmiento Formations) and Chile (Río Frias Formation) in temperate, subtropical, and tropical rainforest.
Movement Pattern: Nomadic
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Stable
Population: 0
Locomotion: Terrestrial
Habitat: All
Earth: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay
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