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While the OP is not particularly wrong, Andrewsarchus is more closely related to the extant hippos and whales. However these animals are part of the order artiodactyls that includes (among other two-toed, hoofed mammals) sheep.

Source: Andrewsarchus, "Superb Skull of a Gigantic Beast," Now on View in Whales Exhibit

ok but seriously my favourite prehistoric animal is definitely andrewsarchus

THEIR JAW WAS A METER LONG

LOOK AT THAT SIZE COMPARISON BUT THAT’S NOT THE BEST BIT YOU SEE THEIR CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES AREN’T BEARS OR WOLVES NO THEIR CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES

ARE SHEEP