The largest North American creodont is "Patriofelis". Creodont characters were displayed in the skeleton. Cynohyaenodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodontid creodont that lived during the Eocene. Among the area's predators was "Patriofelis", a cat-like creodont. The creodont lumbosacral spine was not arranged as efficiently for running as in Carnivora. Bears, cats, mustelids, hyenas, dogs and other Carnivora now occupy the former creodont niches.