Its body is stout, and its skull is rounded with a short nasal bone, an enlarged cranial part and rounded zygomatic arches. Its orbits are large and directed forward. Its legs are short with short and sharp claws. The skull of males is long and wide at the base; females have a long and wide skull. The lower carnassial teeth are powerful, and the upper carnassials are short and massive. The first pair of upper premolars is absent. The dental formula is . It has a bite force at the canine tip of 155.4 Newton and a bite force quotient at the canine tip of 113.8.