Their closest land dwelling relatives are said to be bears, dogs and weasels. That is because bears are caniform carnivores, but hyaenas are feliform carnivores. There are four species of hyena: the spotted hyena, the striped hyena, the brown hyena, and the aardwolf. This may seem stupid, but dogs and bears look very similar, especially in the face, they have such cute faces too :) If bears ...