Ice Age Fossil Cave Hyena Jaw with four complete teeth 5.22 Inches

  This is a Large Cave Hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea) Partial Jaw from the Pleistocene of Siberia! The jaw is in fantastic condition with three premolars and a canine and measures 5.221 Inches (13.26 cm)! The Cave Hyena is an extinct subspecies of the spotted Hyena that lived throughout Europe and northwestern Asia. Compared to modern African Spotted Hyenas, Cave Hyenas had longer limb bones and were in general more robust weighing about 225 pounds (102 kg) compared to the modern Hyena's 190 pounds (86 kg). Like modern Hyenas, Cave Hyenas were active predators who hunted in packs (or clans as they're called for Hyenas) using bone crushing bite forces well over 1000 psi (the modern Hyena has a bite force of 1100 psi, Cave Hyena's bite was probably quite a bit stronger)! Much like modern Hyenas, they would have been opportunistic and wouldn't turn down a carcass. Also like modern Hyenas, they most likely preferred to hunt rather than scavenge contrary to popular conception. Like their n