The hyrax is a small terrestrial mammal weighing between 2 and 5 kilograms. The elephant is the largest terrestrial mammal, weighing anything from 4,500 to 11,000 kilograms. The dugong is a ...

Rock hyraxes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Courtesy of flickr user cetp What is the land animal most closely related to the elephant? It’s the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), a small ...

While the hyrax might look like a guinea pig, the African Wildlife Foundation reports that the little cuties are one of the elephant's closest living relatives, along with the manatee.

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 – ...

The tree hyrax song may continue for more than twelve minutes, and it consists of different syllables that are combined and repeated in various ways. “The singing animals are probably males attempting ...

Most hyraxes live in central Africa, southern Africa and parts of the Middle East. In Israel the rock hyrax is a pekingese-dog-size species, called Procavia capensis, which dominates the craggy ...

Biologists may have discovered a new species of nocturnal mammal in the tropical forests of Taita Hills in Kenya. Although the mammal, known as a tree hyrax, resembles a rabbit with short ears ...