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Are Hyenas Related To Dogs or Cats?
Neither, they belong to their own family called Hyaenidae.
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
What group of animals does tigers belong to?
Tigers are cats, in the group Panthera, which are cats that roar. The scientific name of tigers is panthera tigris.
Do small cats belong to the small cat group?
Of course!
Cats are divided into three main group's- small cats big cats and leopards in which group do your house cats belong?
Cats are aggressive when you get to close to their babies.
Are spotted hyenas cats or dogs?
they are more of cats then dogs but they are not cats
Are hyenas big cats?
No. Although Hyenas share the same Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order/Suborder as Lions and domestic cats, they split at Family, with Lions and domestic cats belonging to Family Felidae while Hyenas belong to Family Hyaenidae. Because of this, Hyenas cannot interbreed with members of the Feline family, whereas you can cross Lions and Tigers, or a domestic cat with a Serval. Although hyenas bear some physical resemblance to canids, they make up a separate biological family that is more closely related to the family of mongooses and meerkats.
Are hyenas cats?
Hyenas are neither canine nor feline. They belong to their own family, the Hyaenidae, which includes the three species of hyena (spotted, striped and brown), and their relative, the aardwolf. The Hyaenidae family is placed on the Feliformia (cat-like) branch of the order Carnivora, along with the families Felidae (cats), Viverridae (civets) and Herpestidae (mongooses). Hyenas are therefore more closely related to cats than to dogs, since the dog family, Canidae, is placed on the Caniformia (dog-like) branch of the order Carnivora, together with the families Mustelidae (weasels), Procyonidae (raccoons), Ursidae (bears), Otariidae (eared seals), and Phocidae (true seals). The dog-like appearance of hyenas is due to convergent evolution - the process by which different species evolve similar solutions to similar problems.
Do domestic cats belong in the big cats group?
No, domestic cats do not belong in the big cats group. Big cats refer to specific species within the Felidae family, such as lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars, which are larger, apex predators in the wild. Domestic cats are a separate species known as Felis catus.
What animal family do hyenas belong to?
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.
Is a hyena a canine?
No, hyenas belong to their own family, Hyaenidaeno they are not. they have there own species called hyaenidae wich consists of 4 species1.spotted hyena2.stripped hyena3.brown hyena4.AardwolfNo, hyenas are not in the family Canidae, they are in their own family. As such, they are not directly related to dogs or cats.
Are hyenas related to caninnes or felines?
They belong to the suborder 'feliformia', cat-like mammals. and are genetically closer to civets, mongoose and true cats, than the canine branch of the carnivore order.
