>>51136848The design of the line is based on striped hyenas, with their triangular ears and facial pattern.
The strong focus on biting prowess also ties to hyenas, due to their nature as bone-crushing animals, and their pack mentality is likened to the more well-known spotted hyena, who live in groups and hunt for kills. New Snap also has a larger female leader Mightyena, similar to a spotted's matriarchal nature.
There are, however, doglike traits to the line, since Poochyena is a pretty popular pet in Hoenn, and Mightyena's fiercely loyal nature to trainers is similar to that of a dog and its owner.
