One of the archaic names for the African wild dog or “painted wolf” (as we now call it) is “Hyaena dog.” In German, it is still called the “Hyänenhund.”
So John Gerarrd Keulemans made his African wild dog look like a cross between a Lycaon pictus and a striped hyena.
Hyenas aren’t dogs, and African wild dogs aren’t hyenas. Hyenas are Feliform Carnivorans, which means they are more closely related to cats than any species of dog.
My, what such big ears you have.