Skull - Ictitherium

The length of this skull is about 21. 5 cm and 14 cm in height. It's hard to find such a complete skull. Ictitherium were around 1. 2 metres (4 ft) long, and looked more like civets than modern hyenas, possessing a long body with short legs. Judging from the teeth, they were insectivores. Ictitherium was a very successful and abundant genus, with multiple fossils often being found at a single site. Possibly, this early hyena genus lived in packs and had a social order, much like its modern descendants.