These are a few photos of animals that I haven't yet been able to definitely ID - any help would be appreciated...

All are taken near the Twyfelfontein / Brandenburg area of Namibia, Southern Africa:

Rock Hyrax??






Some kind of Ground Squirrel??





Any help much appreciated...

Andy

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First pics look like prairie dogs 2nd does look like some form of squirrel..some one on here will prob know

the face looks wrong for prarie dogs, im probably wrong though, Fixx is the man to ask.

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The first one looks like a Rock Hyrax

2nd one maybe a Dassie Rat (Petromus typicus)?
http://www.klausdierks.com/images/Na...g_Tsisab_5.JPG

That looks about right - cheers for those.

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Prairie dogs come from the US not Africa

I'll go with Ally's suggestions.

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Did you have a nice trip ?

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Last edited by Malky : Today at 07:49 PM.

Yeah it was fantastic thanks - more about it here if you're interested:

Charity work in Namibia

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1st def a rock hyrax 2nd some sort of sqirrel but not sure without further investigation

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no 1 African Hyraxes

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