Greater Chaltapicach

Borhyaena macrodonta

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

Genius: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: 

Title: 

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: Gnashed

Weaknesses: All (except Chaos and Aether)

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: 

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.


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