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Dendrohyrax arboreus (Tree hyrax)

tree dassie [English]; boomdassie, boomdas [Afrikaans]; Waldschliefer, Baumschliefer [German]; daman d'arbre [French]; perere [Swahili]; umqha [isiZulu]; imbila ye ma hlatsi [siSwati]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Afrotheria > Paenungulata > Hyracoidea (hyraxes)