South African wildlife – rock hyrax

South African wildlife – rock hyrax
South African wildlife – rock hyrax
These are rock hyraxes or dassies. They may look like guinea pigs, but they’re in an entirely different order of mammals. It’s sometimes said that they are the closest living relatives of elephants. However, some scientists would dispute that sirenians – the manatees and dugongs – are more closely related still, with the hyraxes as […]