Lycyaena is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore the family Hyaenidae.Lycyaena was a cursorial hunting hyaena as opposed to full-time scavenger.It has been suggested by R. F. Ewer, The Carnivores(1973) that Lycyaena may be a possible ancestor to today's Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0