Hyena fact 2: Although hyenas resemble dogs, they are more closely related to cats.
The hyena’s closest living relatives are mongooses, civets, and meerkats.
Pictured: Striped hyenas
Image: flickr.com/g-hat/ / CC BY 2.0
Hyenas! 12 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery
October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
About Rhishja Cota-LarsonRhishja is the founder of Saving Rhinos, which publishes news and information about the illegal trade in rhino horn and rhino conservation issues. She is the Editor of the blogs "Rhino Horn is Not Medicine" and "Project Pangolin", and author of the book "Murder, Myths & Medicine". Check out savingrhinos.org, rhinoconservation.org, and pangolins.org to learn more. When Rhishja is not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, she enjoys rocking out to live music.
