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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.
Even though the hyena is not closely related to the dog, the hyena is still doglike. The hyena is doglike because his or her facial features look like a dog's face. The hyena is more closely related to the cat than the dog. The hyena is a close relative to the mongoose family. Thus, the hyena can be defined as a doglike animal that is closely related to the civet cats yet distantly related to the domestic cats.
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.
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.
Many people think its a dog, others cat. Truely it is nether. The hyena has its own family, the Hyenidae. In this animal family belongs the Brown hyena, the Spotted hyena, the Striped hyena, and the insect eating Aardwolf. I hope more people actually figure this out and start knowing what animal a hyena is :)
The dog-like but feline animal is a hyena (family Hyaenidae), and some of its wide range of vocalizations sound like laughing.
No, Hyena are a completely different family from the Mustelids, the weasel family.
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A "laughing" dog is called a hyena.
No a hyena is like a dog & the cheetah can run circles around it.
the can kill them
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.
Hyenas are in the family Hyaenidae; there are multiple hyena species across three distinct genera within this family.