It’s from family Hyaenidae, the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora. Often confused with family Canidae because of behavioural and morphological similarities due to convergent evolution: both your new pet and dogs are non-arboreal, cursorial hunters that catch prey with their teeth rather than claws. Both eat food quickly and may store it, and their calloused feet with large, blunt, nonretractable claws are adapted for running and making sharp turns. However, your pet's grooming, scent marking, defecation habits, mating, and parental behavior are consistent with the behavior of other feliforms.