klipdasn.
/ˈklɪpdas/ = dassie n. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > order Hyracoidea or genus Procavia > procavia syriaca (daman)
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1853 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 55 214 Basking themselves on the sunny side of the krantzes..may generally be seen several of the Klipdas, Cony, Rock Rabbit, or Cape Hyrax (H. capensis).
1886 P. Gillmore Hunter's Arcadia xxvi. 248 From this descendant of Holland..I bought..the skins of some rock rabbits, the klip das of the Dutch.
1953 J. R. Ellerman et al. S. Afr. Mammals 157 Procavia capensis Pallas, 1766. Dassie; Hyrax. Klipdas. Distribution: one of the commonest mammals in the Union.
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