Lycyaena

Lycyaena Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Hyaenidae
Genus:	Lycyaena Hensel, 1863

Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore the family Hyaenidae. Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger. It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer, The Carnivores(1973) that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).