Percrocuta

Taxobox
name = "Percrocuta"
fossil_range = Mid to Late Miocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Percrocutidae†
genus = "Percrocuta"†
genus_authority = Kretzoi, 1938
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Percrocuta giganteus"† "Percrocuta hebeiensis"†

"Percrocuta" is an extinct genus of hyena-like feliform carnivores.

With a maximum length of 1.50 m (5 ft), "Percrocuta" was much bigger than its modern relatives, but smaller than a female lion. Like the Spotted Hyena, "Percrocuta" had a robust skull and powerful jaws. Similar to modern hyenids, its hind legs were shorter than the front legs, resulting in a characteristic sloping back.