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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Borhyaenoidea (infraclass Metatheria, order Marsupialia) An extinct super family of S. American marsupial carnivores, the largest about the size of a wolf, which lived from the Palaeocene to Pliocene. Borhyaenoids became extinct following the colonization of S. America by placental mammals.

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