hyrax

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The zoo on Thursday announced the arrival of four rock hyrax, four antelope ground squirrels, as well as the birth of a black duiker and a Brazilian agouti.

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  1. noun Any of several herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae within the order Hyraoidea of Africa and adjacent Asia, resembling woodchucks or similar rodents but more closely related to the hoofed mammals. Also called coney1, dassie.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek hurax, shrew mouse.
 

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