豹鬣狗

豹鬣狗Chasmaporthetes)是一滅絕鬣狗,分布於上新世更新世時期(490 萬年前 - 78 萬年前,共約 412 萬年[1])的歐亞大陸北美洲非洲。豹鬣狗可能起源於中新世的鬣狗像是黑海鬣狗狼鬣狗,本屬最古老的物種為 C. borissiaki[2]C. ossifragus 是唯一於上新世跨越白令陸橋進入北美洲的一種鬣狗,於500-150萬年前的勃朗階阿文頓階早期,分佈在阿利桑那州墨西哥等地[2][3]

豹鬣狗
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豹鬣狗(C. lunensis)顱骨
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 食肉目 Carnivora
科: 鬣狗科 Hyaenidae
亚科: 鬣狗亚科 Hyaeninae
属: 豹鬣狗屬 Chasmaporthetes
Hay, 1921

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異名
  • Ailuraena Stirton & Christian, 1940
  • Euryboas Schaub, 1941

豹鬣狗被認為是神秘動物學山卡華萊金昂扎的起源[4]

物種

本屬目前已知共有 9 種[5]

  • Chasmaporthetes australis Hendey, 1974
  • Chasmaporthetes bonisi Koufos, 1987
  • Chasmaporthetes borissiaki Khomenko, 1932
  • Chasmaporthetes exitelus Kurten & Werdelin, 1988
  • Chasmaporthetes gangsriensis Tseng, Li, & Wang, 2013
  • Chasmaporthetes lunensis (Del Campana, 1914)
  • Chasmaporthetes melei Rook et al, 2004
  • Chasmaporthetes nitidula Ewer, 1955
  • Chasmaporthetes ossifragus Hay, 1921[6]

描述與古生態學

豹鬣狗(C. lunensis)顱骨

豹鬣狗有幼長的牙齒及四肢,前肢較後肢長。牠們生活在開闊的平原上,並像現今非洲獵豹般追捕獵物。在歐洲,C. lunensis面臨與巨獵豹的競爭,牠們可能以小型蹬羚 Gazella borbonica 及山羊 Procamptoceras brivatense 為食[7]。北美洲的 C. ossifragus身體結構與 C. lunensis 類似,但擁有更強壯的下顎與牙齒。牠們可能以巨大旱獺 Paenemarmota 為食[2],並與恐犬競爭[8]。一項針對本屬物種前臼齒間距的研究顯示豹鬣狗可能為超級食肉動物而非現存鬣狗的食殼性(食殼性動物以有硬殼或堅硬的食物為食,例如骨頭[9]

參考文獻

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  4. Erberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 1-57607-283-5
  5. Tseng, Z.J.; et al. . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2013, 33 (6): 1457–1471. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.775142.
  6. Z. Jack Tseng, Grant Zazula and Lars Werdelin. 2019. First Fossils of Hyenas (Chasmaporthetes, Hyaenidae, Carnivora) from North of the Arctic Circle. Open Quaternary. 5(1) DOI: 10.5334/oq.64
  7. Kurtén, Björn (1968) Pleistocene mammals of Europe, p. 68-69, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968
  8. Wang, Xiaoming & Tedford, Richard H. (2008) Dogs: their fossil relatives and evolutionary history Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-13528-9
  9. A. Hartstone-Rose (2011) Reconstructing the diets of extinct South African carnivorans from premolar ‘intercuspid notch’ morphology, Journal of Zoology, Vol. 284 Issue 2
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