(1) The fur of a dassie rat is soft and silky, but there is no underfur.(2) Mountain rhebuck, duiker, jackal, mongoose, porcupine and dassie now live in the Reserve.(3) They have observed that when caracal numbers in their region are moderate, that there is an increase in natural prey animals such as hares, steenbok and dassies .(4) Some of these dassies , these hyraxes, went into the rocks, but this one actually climbs into the treetops.(5) Back at the campsite, spotted hyenas and dassies can be seen at dusk and into the night.
