Of the dog-like hyena lineage, only the insectivorous aardwolf survived, while the bone-crushing hyenas (including the extant spotted, brown and striped hyenas) became the undisputed top scavengers of Eurasia and Africa. read more
Hyenas have many qualities of both dogs and cats. Hyenas groom like cats, they mate like cats, have babies and raise a family like cats even mark their territories like cats. But Hyenas hunt like dogs. They use their teeth as their primary weapon like wolves and dogs. read more