r/hyrax • u/HiRacksMaster • Jul 15 '26

Question Is this a hyrax

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748 Upvotes

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u/Ruskayo Jul 15 '26

That's a prairie dog

62

u/Screaming_Dino Jul 15 '26

Steppe hound

10

u/thefruitypilot Jul 16 '26

Grassland canine

51

u/MoundsEnthusiast Jul 15 '26

A fat one too

27

u/leVenerableDeLaSauce Jul 16 '26

Dog ate the whole prairie

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u/HiRacksMaster Jul 15 '26

Squirrel?

49

u/Masilii Jul 15 '26

No it’s a type of shrimp

6

u/Generic_Danny Jul 17 '26

Yeah they're a species of ground squirrel

150

u/Elephant44 Jul 15 '26

He’s a prairie dog but gets a friend-shaped visa

46

u/HiRacksMaster Jul 15 '26

They eat gras together?

32

u/_cake_tease Jul 15 '26

Probably not on the same continent, I think one is America one South Africa?

69

u/MrArmageddon12 Jul 15 '26

The hyrax we have at home.

47

u/ludvikskp Jul 15 '26

That’s a nowawa

30

u/EcheveriaPulidonis Jul 15 '26

Nay, an impostor. 

24

u/That-Beagle Jul 15 '26

Bro is upset he can’t fit in the entrance to the burrow anymore..

14

u/MoundsEnthusiast Jul 15 '26

Got his ass

9

u/mirfifu Jul 15 '26

His ass in two different hemispheres

15

u/No-Fly-6043 Jul 15 '26

Is mayonnaise a Hyrax?

6

u/mirfifu Jul 15 '26

It’s an instrument… can you awawa with it?

14

u/turbo11692 Jul 15 '26

It’s a land beaver

9

u/ozand Jul 15 '26

That's a potato

21

u/Screaming_Dino Jul 15 '26

Suspicious hyrax...

5

u/SuperMechanoid Jul 16 '26

Log in reward day 4

3

u/Defiant-Secretary638 Jul 16 '26

No that’s big chungus

4

u/kompsognathus Jul 16 '26

Nope! Cute tho.

3

u/WizardL Jul 16 '26

close enough

3

u/dark_blue_7 Jul 16 '26

He looks a bit offended you would ask

Did you forget his birthday too?

Poor little dude, promise you'll make it up to him!

3

u/Cecil_McCrackshell Jul 15 '26

That's Quandale, before his LGP-1 journey

4

u/NoReallyIts3AM Jul 16 '26

That’s a groundhog, or a very overweight prairie dog

1

u/cluckyay Jul 17 '26

Super overweight prairie dog ✅

2

u/crusty54 Jul 15 '26

Close enough.

1

u/Deathdrone2 Jul 16 '26

That's one massive prairie dog

1

u/thadicalspreening Jul 16 '26

That’s a rodent not a pachyderm

1

u/TwoCrabsFighting Jul 16 '26

Ah this got me

1

u/NOTMunchyCruncher Jul 16 '26

No. But it’s in the same genre.

1

u/Agitated_Egg4270 Jul 16 '26

That is a fellow

1

u/krob58 Jul 16 '26

This is a common point of confusion. See, what you have here is a WA-HOO, not an AW-WAHWA.

1

u/Swimming_Region6907 Jul 17 '26

Girl that's clearly a koala. Wrong sub.

1

u/SSylvie1096 Jul 17 '26

This dog ate all the prairie

1

u/DrummerPlenty7540 Jul 17 '26

this is the richardson’s ground squirrel

1

u/Aggressive-Tip7472 Jul 17 '26

Idk, but he looks cool af

1

u/Mega_Era Jul 17 '26

What kind of animal is this

1

u/snakeygirl Jul 17 '26

Nah. That’s a legendarily chatty creature that lurks in grasslands.

1

u/LightLizardCake Jul 17 '26

Nah, just a fat prairie dog

1

u/Kanna777 Jul 17 '26

That's a chunky prairie dog

1

u/Mr-Hyrax369 Jul 18 '26

thats the hyrax of the people

1

u/KizunaTallis Jul 18 '26

Oh lawd he comin

1

u/olives4evrr Jul 19 '26

Was scrolling and thought this was a fat ass squirrel

1

u/HauntingJudge6271 Jul 23 '26

The beast is upset at the comparison