Why is Zibeon called a “Hivite” and not “Horite” at Gen 36:2? Was this not the son of “Seir the Horite” (36:20)?

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Esau’s wife Aholibamah is said to be "the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite" (Gen 36:2). It is easy to fail to notice that a Zibeon is listed further down in the chapter as son of Seir the Horite (36:20), that Anah is listed as one of "the children of Zibeon" (36:24), and that Aholibamah is listed as one of "the children of Anah" (36:25). This is far too much of a coincidence: surely Esau married a great-granddaughter of Seir the Horite, through Anah. But why is Anah called a Hivite, not a Horite, in 36:2?