Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive.
No dogs here! Hyenas are not members of the dog or cat families. Instead, they are so unique that they have a family all their own, Hyaenidae. There are four members of the Hyaenidae family: the striped hyena, the âgigglyâ spotted hyena, the brown hyena, and the aardwolf (itâs a hyena, not a wolf). These magnificent animals are sometimes called the scourge of the Serengeti, but they play an important role: cleanup crew!
All three families fall under the order Carnivora, meat-eating mammals, w â¦ hich 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.