Implicating aardwolf → hyena
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Reason:

Aardwolves are a species of hyena.

just because they are in the same family doesnt mean they're hyenas

Yes it does. Hyenas are the family Hyaenidae, and spotted hyenas, striped hyenas, brown hyenas, and aardwolves are the four species of hyenas.

They look pretty much like hyenas to me. I think I'd be in favor of this implication.

Aardwolves are hyenas, just like Corgis are dogs.

yeah, they're in the Hyaenidae family and are on occasion even called "civet hyenas".

i support this implication

Char said:
They look pretty much like hyenas to me. I think I'd be in favor of this implication.

But they're striped-?

Tunguska said:
But they're striped-?

fur patterns aren't all there is to cladistics.

Tunguska said:
But they're striped-?

So are striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena).
Purely by TWYS, I'd find it very difficult to differentiate aardwolves from those; especially if they're anthros.

Not my area of expertise, but seems like aardwolves are a newish addition to the hyena family. So yes, they're hyenas. For now, at least. I see no problems with this implication.

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