Dassies look like large, heavily built rabbits with a maximum size of 5.6 kg and maximum length of 55cm. Their head is sharply pointed with short ears and they have a small tail, 4 toes on the front feet, and only 3 on the hind feet.

Why does the dassie have no tail?

The King was very angry at the Dassie for disobeying the summons, but eventually he relented and picked out a small, furry tail for the monkeys to take back for Dassie. ... Poor Dassie was most upset -but was far too lazy to do anything about it. So that is why, to this day, the Dassie still has no tail.

Do hyraxes have tails?

What is a hyrax? The hyrax is also called rock rabbit or dassie, is a small furry mammal. It looks like a robust, oversized guinea pig, or a rabbit with rounded ears and no tail. Hyraxes have stumpy toes with hoof-like nails; and four toes on each front foot and three on each back foot.