224 WILD BEASTS OF THE WORLD 



the group Dendrohyrax, being tree-animals. These live in holes of 

 trees, climbing about the branches and trunks, in the same way as 

 their rock-loving relatives traverse the rocks, their peculiar power of 

 clinging with the feet being just as well suited for an arboreal life as 

 for climbing precipices. At the same time, it is curious to find any- 

 animal of the. hoofed order climbing trees at all, although one or two 

 of the small African Antelopes, and even the common Goat, will jump 

 up on to accessible branches at times. One of these Tree-Dassies has, 

 at the time of writing, been living for some time along with the 

 Squirrels in their open enclosure at the London Zoological Gardens, 

 and has passed the winter outdoors. 



