The Afrikaans name for them is "Dassies", and they are amazing little critters. Can you believe that these little hyraxes are related to elephants? Along with other hyrax species and the sirenians,

Hyraxes, also called dassies, are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. Typically, they measure between 30 and 70 cm long