†superfamily Borhyaenoidea Ameghino 1894 (metatherian)
Parent taxon: Sparassodonta according to A. M. Forasiepi 2009
See also de Muizon 1999, Goin 1997, Marshall 1978 and Patterson and Marshall 1978
Sister taxa: Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Australogale, Hondadelphidae, Stylocynus, Thylacosmilidae
Subtaxa: Borhyaenidae Chlorocyon Lycopsis Proborhyaenidae
Ecology: scansorial carnivore