Thread:Dinowolf56/@comment-3562042-20170114150020/@comment-26818010-20170115140656

Taxonomy (the name given to the field of science that classifies orgnanisms into different categories) is based on the number of genes different species share, and how many similar traits they have, not necessarily how much they look alike,

Hyenas are part of a group of animals called ‘feliformia’ (cat like) which is a suborder of carnivora (carnivores). ‘Caniformia’ (dog-like) is also a suborder of carnivora, but the hyena is more closely related to cat-like species than to dog-like species, so it appears in feliformia.

I know what you’re saying about them looking more like dogs, but some species do look sort of like cats,



also u are just saying their not cats but u dotn show any proof

like me showing proof lol Although extant hyenas are rather dog-like in many aspects of their appearance, the family Hyaenidae actually belongs to the Carnivore suborder Feliformia, which also contains cats, mongooses, civets, and allies. 