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.

The rock hyrax is an amazing little creature in that its closest living relative is the elephant. Kissing cousins close, in fact. The two share similarities – their teeth and tusks, skull structure, ...

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies", are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky ...

Learn about a new world’s first: a South African rock hyrax that scooted its way into the fossil record and is highlighting the importance of paleoichnology. The latest paleontological discovery has ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Africa show rock hyraxes dragged their hindquarters for locomotion. This behaviour has been observed for an astonishing 126,000 years. Researchers identified these mammals ...

Move over capybaras, there's a new tiny little critter we're totally obsessed with, and it has a rather surprising family tree. While the hyrax might look like a guinea pig, the African Wildlife ...

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

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June 14 (UPI) --The novel nighttime barking of several tree hyrax populations in West and Central Africa first alerted scientists that the region's forests might host a unique, yet-named species. Now, ...