>>11942749That doesn't mean calling them dogs is correct, because they're not dogs. As
>>11941769 pointed out, hyenas are in a group of creatures that have physical and genetic similarities, which in this case is that they're closely related to Felidae. Hyenas are far more cat-like than dog, despite looking like weird dogs.
Here's another example. This guy is a tuatara. Looks like a lizard, so he is a lizard, right. Wrong. Tuataras aren't closely related to any other living reptile, they just happened to evolve the same body-type lizards did.
With nature, you can't safely assume anything.
