This has me wondering if it was a typo or referring to a former poster.I low key
Yeah, they’re pretty distantly related to cats though. All modern carnivora are either caniforms or feliforms. Dogs (along with bears, raccoons, walruses and all sorts of other things) are caniforms, while cats (along with meerkats, mongoose, and a lot of other things) are feliforms. Hyenas happen to be feliforms that, through convergent evolution, ended up with a lot of traits that are typically more characteristic of caniformia.Actually, when poking around online regarding this, hyenas have more in common - according to modern science - with CATS than dogs. Jesus. I don't understand that at all looking at the things, they seem dog-like.
That is interesting and informative @Charlaquin! In relation to this thread question though....dog headed and cat headed persons from ancient myth? Are gnolls derived from real mythology? Actual HYENAS...I can't see a correlation, but if you go much deeper, there are animal man analogies.Yeah, they’re pretty distantly related to cats though. All modern carnivora are either caniforms or feliforms. Dogs (along with bears, raccoons, walruses and all sorts of other things) are caniforms, while cats (along with meerkats, mongoose, and a lot of other things) are feliforms. Hyenas happen to be feliforms that, through convergent evolution, ended up with a lot of traits that are typically more characteristic of caniformia.