page_title: Dinocrocuta
section_title: Size
hierarchical_section_title: Dinocrocuta / Description / Size
caption_attribution_description: English: Dinocrocuta gigantea - giant percrocutid from Miocene of China. Русский: Dinocrocuta gigantea - гигантский перкрокутид ("ложная гиена") из миоцена Китая.
context_page_description: Dinocrocuta is an extinct genus of hyena-like feliform carnivores. It lived in Asia, and Africa, during the Miocene epoch. It had very strong jaws that were able to crush bones.
context_section_description: The largest species, D. gigantea, is known to have reached head-to-body lengths and shoulder heights of 1.9 m (6.2 ft) and 1.3 m (4.3 ft) for the largest individuals, with total skull lengths of 43 cm (17 in). In terms of weight, it was originally stated to have weighed up to 380 kg (840 lb). However, the method used has been known to overestimate the masses of extinct carnivorans. Smaller individuals, such as the holotype specimen, hit around 200 kg (440 lb). Based off this smaller specimen, the largest specimens of this species would have reached weights close to 300 kg (661 lb), which rivals the mass of the largest tiger sub-species, and is only exceeded by Smilodon populator, Panthera atrox, and several amphicyonids and ursids. The other species were smaller in size, but still quite large compared to hyena species alive today.
caption: Restoration of D. gigantea
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