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hyrax

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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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They say, "What about horse evolution? Yes, boys and girls, you see this? The 4-toed horse evolved to the 1-toed horse." That's a lie proven wrong 55 years ago. The hyrax is the so-called 4-toed horse. They're still alive today in Africa and Turkey. Kent Hovind

KAMPALA, Uganda – Hyrax Oil, a Malaysian based oil lubricant manufacturer last week appointed Uganda’s Habib Oil, the sole distributor of Hyrax oil in East Africa. Source: Internet

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