A new species of tree hyrax has been described in west Africa. Hyraxes are a cuddly-looking group of small mammals that also happen to be the closest living relatives of elephants and manatees ...

Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis): a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. AKA: dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and coney.

Hyraxes, also known as rock badgers, are common in the rocky hills across Israel. A social animal living in colonies of up to 80 individuals, hyraxes look like rodents but surprisingly they’re not – ...

Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya. Scientific Reports, 2022; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022 ...

The Vilas Zoo has two new residents, a pair of toothy rock hyraxes. Frenchie and Rizzo, both females, came to Madison from the San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium to join the zoo’s male ...

A behavioural study published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Animal Ecology has linked reproductive success in male rock hyraxes to their ability to maintain rhythm during ...

The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 75, No. 212 (June 2020), pp. 27-36 (10 pages) Estimated month-of-death (MOD) of rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) from terminal Pleistocene and late ...

Frenchie and Rizzo, both females, came to Madison from the San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium to join the Vilas Zoo’s male hyrax, Curly.