They're kind of like rodents, mustelids, and possums but they're their own thing that are more closely related to elephants. Convergent evolution is crazy. Most live in Africa but some are in the Middle East too.
Baby hyraxes playing:
They also have a complex digestive system that's a little bit like ungulates, watch them chew:
Gay-butt eagles get totally cockblocked by their special powers.
Mammals rule!
EDIT: Goddammit, I specifically lobbied to get the "don't notify followers" option reinstated so that I could post something like this and only have small mammal enthusiasts see it but I forgot until about 3 seconds after I posted. 
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I will not respect nature until there is at least one creature that can swim to the deepest depths of the ocean, swim back up and walk on land, then climb a mountain and jump off a cliff then start flying through the air until it gets tired enough to eat whatever the frick it wants to reenergize itself without fear of venom or poison because it is completely impervious to all toxins and diseases.
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