Hyrax

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hyrax
    n 1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
         with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
         {hyrax}, {coney}, {cony}, {dassie}, {das}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hyrax \Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shrew mouse.] (Zool.)
   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 ({Hyrax Syriacus}) of Palestine,
   and the klipdas ({Hyrax capensis}) of South Africa. Other
   species are {Hyrax arboreus} and {Hyrax Sylvestris}, the
   former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa.
   See {Daman}. Hyrcanian