hyena
Hyenas, also known as hyaenas, are a group of carnivorous mammals of the family Hyaenidae. Despite their apparent similarity to canines (and speculative similarity to felines), hyenas branched from the evolutionary tree over 7 million years ago, prior to the protocanid and protofelid families from which modern dogs and cats are descended. Hyenas make up their own taxonomical family hyenidae and genetically are most…
