Hyaenidae

== Translingual == === Etymology === Hyaena +‎ -idae === Proper noun === Hyaenidae A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – hyenas (including the aardwolf). ==== Usage notes ==== Protelinae (of which the aardwolf is the only species) is considered a part of Hyaeninae, rather than as a separate subfamily. (See Hyena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) ==== Hypernyms ==== (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia – suborder; Viverroidea – superfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (family): Hyaeninae, Protelinae – extant subfamilies Crocuta, Hyaena, Parahyaena, Proteles – extant genera === References === Hyaenidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hyaenidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hyaenidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Hyaenidae in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.