Natural History - Cave Hyena Upper Jaw

PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 90,000-40,000 YEARS B.P.

5 in. (160 grams, 12.8 cm).

From Crocuta crocuta spelaea, comprising the majority of the upper jaw with both canines, molars, premolars and carnassials. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman.

Footnotes

The cave hyena is also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena, a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena in Eurasia. It was a highly specialised mammal that preyed on large mammals such as the woolly rhino and steppe bison.

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