- Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species
are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species
are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis)
of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the
former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.
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