Are Hyenas Really Dogs?

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Are Hyenas Really Dogs?


Are Hyenas Really Dogs?

You’ve seen them in Africa and you’ve heard them laughing it up. Hyenas. But what exactly are they? They look like large, wild dogs at first glance… and even at second glance. In fact, haven’t you seen a dog down the street that looks just like that hyena? They must be distant cousins… but how distant? And are…

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  1. You nailed it. Most impressive, logical explanation yet to be heard on YouTube. Or science for that matter. I know they're not feline nor canine, and they belong to their own. I just didn't know what. You made it to be so obvious, so much so that many will doubt and will give meaningless reasons as to why!

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  3. Neanderthal vs Borophagus Diversidens
    Sun bear vs Hyenodon Horridus
    Spotted hyena vs Dire wolf
    Alabai vs Dire wolf
    Bully kutta vs Dire wolf
    Spotted hyena vs Caucasian shepherd
    Polar bear vs Indian Gaur
    Goliath Tigerfish vs Barracuda
    Epicyon Haydeni vs Jaguar
    Epicyon Haydeni vs Pachycrocuta

  4. Hyena is an animal came into existence because of convergent evolution, they are genetically more close to Cats but morphologically similar to Bear and Dogs.
    By the way even Bear, Dogs and Cats evolved from a single lineage Miacids some 45 million years ago.
    Evolution is just amazing.

  5. Good video. They are in the suborder feliformia which makes them more related to cats than dogs although distantly related. Dogs are in the suborder caniformia along with bears, raccoons, mustelids like weasels, badgers, and otters, and even pinnipeds.

  6. No, dogs are part of the Caniformia suborder, whereas hyenas are part of the Feliformia suborder, the two suborders of carnivorans are defined by the auditory bullae.