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
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
Activity: Nocturnal 🌃
Thermoregulate: Endotherm
Type(s):
Synapsids
Mammals (†Borhyaenids)
Title(s):
False Hyena Beast
Pantheon(s): Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Time Period: Early Miocene (Santacrucian) ~17.5–15.5 Ma to present
Alignment: Docile
Threat Level: ★★★
Diet: Omnivorous
Element(s): n/a
Inflict(s): none
Weakness(es): 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/Everrealm: Critically Endangered (CR) – IUCN Red List
The Greater Chaltapicach (Borhyaena macrodonta) is the extinct species of hyena-like metatherian, a civet-sized marsupial relatives of South America.
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".
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.
Unlike hyenas, Borhyaena had a big head with powerful jaws filled with enormous teeth used to crush bone, shells, and even wooden materials.
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, Borhyaena is not real feliform, as results share hyenas to their ecological niche and ecological balance, via convergent evolution.
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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: Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests, Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain.
Earth:
Extinct: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay
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