Kosher I undid Kuratowski s ghost s edit sorry It s not so interesting whether or not the hyrax is kosher unless you want to hunt or breed them and they re a protected species in Israel so you can t do either anyway What s interesting is the issue of whether they chew the cud or not This is both for zoological and theological reasons Firstly because their digestive system is rather complex and they do not strictly chew cud ruminate nor do they coprphage like rabbits An explanation for the chewing motions is given under Characteristics but I m not sure I subscribe to it from personal observations when they re threatened they d sooner try to bite your finger off lol From a religious perspective it raises questions about the breadth of zoological available to the authors of the Bible see the reference The Camel the Hare and the Hyrax for more information on this or if you subscribe to divine authorship what was God s intention by presenting this tantalising information Therefore I think the reference to cud chewing should remain