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Is a hiena a canine or a feline?
A hyena belongs to the family Hyaenidae and is not classified as a canine (dog) or a feline (cat). It is a unique family of carnivorous mammals that is separate from both the Canidae (dog) and Felidae (cat) families.
Is a hyena the biggest cat in the world?
The hyena species are not members of the cat family. It is a member of the family Hyaenidae of the feliform suborder of the Carnivora.
What kind of dog is it that laughs?
The spotted, or 'Laughing Hyena" is not truly a dog and it is a member of the Hyaenidae family and not of the Canidae, but is regarded by many people as a dog.
Is hunting dog a hyena?
Neither, they are more closely related to the cat family. The family they are in is called : Hyaenidae. They have basic physical characteristics of dogs but do not belong in the same family.
How do you spell hayinas?
The name for the dog-like (but not canine) animals is spelled "hyenas" (family Hyaenidae).
Is a ferret closer related to a cat or a dog?
A ferret is related to the dog and listed under the scientific classification order of Cornivora, suborder Caniformia, or Canoidea (literally "dog-like")
Is the hyena in the dog family?
No.Hyena are the animals of the family Hyaenidae of suborder feliforms of the Carnivora. It is the fourth smallest biological family in the Carnivora (consisting of four species), and one of the smallest in the mammalia.
Are white tigers in the dog or the cat familey?
Tigers are felines, and are much closer related to house cats than to canids.
What is the names of the cat and dog in cat dog?
Their names are just Cat and Dog!
What eaxctly is a hyena is it in the bear family?
Hyenas are mammals of the Carnivora order. They belong to their own family, Hyaenidae. Hyaenidae is part of the suborder called Feliformia, cat-like carnivores, which civets, mongoose and true cats also belong to. Bears on the other hand are on the canine side of the carnivore order.
Do you spay a dog or a cat?
You spay a female dog and cat, you neuter a male dog and cat.
Is a Heyena a cat?
Hyenas are neither cats nor dogs. They belong to their own family, the Hyaenidae, which also includes the aardwolf. This family is more closely related to cats than to dogs. The order Carnivora, to which the cat, dog and hyena families all belong, is divided into two branches, the Feliformia (cat-like) families, and the Caniformia (dog-like) families. The Feliformia branch includes cats, hyenas, civets and genets, and mongooses, whilst the Caniformia branch includes dogs, weasels and relatives, bears, raccoons and relatives, seals and sealions. The resemblance of hyenas to dogs is due to convergent evolution - the process by which unrelated species evolve similar solutions to similar problems.I heard this from a friend
