Percrocuta carnifex Pilgrim 1913 (carnivoran)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae

Alternative combination: Hyaena carnifex

Full reference: G. Pilgrim. 1913. Correlation of the Siwaliks with mammal horizons of Europe. Records of Geological Survey of India 43:264-326

Belongs to Percrocuta according to M. Kretzoi 1938

See also Pilgrim 1913

Sister taxa: Percrocuta australis, Percrocuta hebeiensis, Percrocuta miocenica, Percrocuta primordialis, Percrocuta tobieni, Percrocuta xixiaensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Percrocuta carnifex in the database

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