Hyraxes (from Ancient Greek ὕραξ hýrax 'shrew-mouse'), also called dassies, are small, stout, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the family Procaviidae...
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The rock hyrax (/ˈhaɪ.ræks/; Procavia capensis), also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and (from some interpretations of a word used in the King...
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The tree hyrax or tree dassie is a small nocturnal mammal native to Africa. Distantly related to elephants and sea cows, it comprises the four species...
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The yellow-spotted rock hyrax or bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is a species of mammal in the family Procaviidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi...
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tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus), also known as the southern tree dassie, is a species of mammal in the family Procaviidae. The southern tree hyrax is...
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The Benin tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax interfluvialis) is a species of tree hyrax within the family Procaviidae. It can be distinguished from neighboring Dendrohyrax...
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Hyrax Hill is a prehistoric site near Nakuru in the Rift Valley province of Kenya. It is a rocky spur roughly half a kilometer in length, with an elevation...
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rock hyrax midden is a stratified accumulation of fecal pellets and a brown amber-like a urinary product known as hyraceum excreted by the rock hyrax and...
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The western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), also called the western tree dassie or Beecroft's tree hyrax, is a species of tree hyrax within the family...
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tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax validus) is a species of mammal within the family Procaviidae. The eastern tree hyrax is the most localized of the tree hyrax species...
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The Hyrax Hill site was proclaimed a national monument in 1945 and opened to the public in 1965. This was as a result of startling discoveries of relics...
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Chilo niponella (redirect from Chilo hyrax)
Genus: Chilo Species: C. niponella Binomial name Chilo niponella (Thunberg, 1788) Synonyms Tinea niponella Thunberg, 1788 Chilo hyrax Bleszynski, 1965...
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cud without its hooves being divided. The hyrax, for chewing the cud without having cloven hooves; as the hyrax was not known to early English translators...
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called it the "land of the rabbits". The word in question actually means "Hyrax", possibly due to the Phoenicians confusing the two animals. There is also...
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composed of both urine and feces of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and closely related species. The rock hyrax defecates in the same location over generations...
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Zeuctoboarmia hyrax, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm, where it has been recorded from Gambia, Ghana...
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afrotheres, close to each other within Perissodactyla. The rodent-like hyrax A bull bush elephant A manatee and her calf Ocepeia, a basal species Arsinoitherium...
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history revolving around its favorite prey species, the rock hyraxes. When hyrax populations decline, the species have been shown to survive with mixed success...
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Hyracotherium (/ˌhaɪrəkoʊˈθɪəriəm, -kə-/ HY-rək-o-THEER-ee-əm; "hyrax-like beast") is an extinct genus of very small (about 60 cm in length) perissodactyl...
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Thymelicus hyrax, the Levantine skipper, is a butterfly in family Hesperiidae that lives in Iran, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Northwest...
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7-year-old young African-American/Jamaican girl), her sidekick Stu (a fuzzy blue hyrax-like creature), and the rest of the Loops family. The other Loops family...
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Dendrohyrax Southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus Western tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax dorsalis Genus Heterohyrax Yellow-spotted rock hyrax, Heterohyrax brucei...
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Procavia transvaalensis is an extinct species of hyrax from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa. Remains of this species have been found at multiple...
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list." "Terms and Conditions May Apply: Official Trailer". Youtube.com. Hyrax Films. Metz, Nina (July 18, 2013). "Chicago Closeup: Terms and Conditions...
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Africa, caracals prey on Cape grysbok, common duiker, bush vlei rats, rock hyrax and Cape hare. In areas where sheep and goat are farmed, caracals have also...
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"Alpine vertebrates of Mount Kenya, with particular notes on the rock hyrax". Journal of the East African Natural History Society. 82 (202): 54–79....
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rhinos and elephants, but also the hippos, pigs, peccaries, tapirs and hyrax. The horses were still generally regarded as a group separate from other...
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pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Produced by HBO in association with Hyrax Films and HyperObject Industries, the film was released on October 8, 2024...
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spoken Hebrew. The original Hebrew word (shfanim, שפנים) refers to the hyrax, but early translations to English interpreted the word to mean "rabbit"...
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oribi, Somali wild ass, reedbuck and Grévy's zebra, elephant shrew, rock hyrax, golden mole and antelope. It also has a large population of the dromedary...
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