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Dassie
Category: Organisms
Posted on: April 9, 2008 1:55 AM, by Greg Laden
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Dassie. I haven't heard that name used since I left South Africa in 1977.The Afrikaaners called them Dassies: being on the English side of things we called them Rock Rabbits. Hyrax always makes me think of an invert for some reason...
Posted by: Adrian Thysse | April 9, 2008 10:10 AM