Three pups are born in the Rock Hyrax enclosure - but keepers are concerned that the runt of the litter may not survive...
The rock hyrax, also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. Commonly referred to in South Africa as the dassie, it is one of the five living species of the order Hyracoidea, and the only one in the genus Procavia
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14 апр 2022
