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Pliocrocuta is an extinct genus of hyena. It contains the species Pliocrocuta perrieri, known from the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Eurasia and possibly Africa. It is possibly ancestral to Pachycrocuta, with some authors including P. perrieri within Pachycrocuta. It is largely known from cranial remains. The species is estimated to have weighed around on average, with its skull showing evidence for adaptation to bone cracking. It may have been solitary, unlike living bone cracking spotted hyenas.
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