B. morrisi. B. loveorum was suggested to have been larger than B. morrisi. In a 2012 paper, Meachen estimated that B. loveorum may have weighed 70 kg on average. However, Orcutt and Calde estimated that based on articular width of the humerus, the species may have been larger, weighing between 87-128 kg, with an average weight of 110 kg.

The genus had the longest canines of all barbourofelines, which were also flattened, indicating a high degree of specialization to its diet. These canines had a