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Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Feliformia > Hyaenidae > Hyenas
Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Caniformia > Canines > Dogs
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoUsing a loose definition of the word related, hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs.
All three families fall under the order Carnivora, meat-eating mammals, which is split into two sub-orders: Feliformia and Caniformia.
Cats and hyenas are classified under Feliformia; dogs, bears, and sea lions are grouped in the latter. Hyenas look and act more like dogs because of Convergent evolution, independently developing characteristics to an unrelated species due to similar environmental factors.
(Source: I went to college, and a museum once.)
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∙ 12y agoHyenas are related to cats right? Wrong. I think they are related to dogs. It's just like lions. Scientists think lions are related to cats, but can they climb? No. Do they meow? No. ( Yes, other wild cats can meow.) Hyenas look like dogs, act like them, bark like them, and howl and hunt like them. There is no way hyenas are cats.
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∙ 13y agoNo an hyena is in the dog family and resembles a dog.
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∙ 12y agoNo. They're in their own family and are not part of the Canidae.
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∙ 11y agoYes.
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Are lions related to the hyenas?
They share a common, very distant ancestor.
Is lions killed by hyenas more than hyenas killed by lions?
Hyenas are killed by lions more than lions killed by hyenas because lions are more powerful than hyenas, lions are bigger than hyenas and have more control over hyenas. but it is said that hyeans killed lions too.
What eats zebras?
Cheetahs, lions, hyenas, leopards, hyenas, and wild dogs.
Do hyenas get eaten by lions?
Not usually. Lions kill hyenas because of competition not because of food.
Do hyenas eat lions?
noThey will eat the dead and dying one's.Actually, hyenas have proven to be better predators than lions are. The old belief that they were strictly scavenders was based on biased observations. Lions often kill hyenas, and a pack of hyenas have killed isolated lions and cubs, but hyenas do not hunt lions regularly.
Who is more better in the wild hyenas or lions?
Lions
Are hyenas and lions friends?
No.
What predators do the Hyenas have?
LIONS
Black leopards enemies?
Black leopards enemies are lions and hyenas. Black leopards enemies are lions and hyenas.
Who are hippos predators?
Nile crocodiles, lions and spotted hyenas will attack baby hippos.
Do spotted hyenas have predators?
Lions kill hyenas given the opportunity.
What attacks hyenas?
lions, other strange hyenas, and hunting dogs
