Hyrax - Wikipedia
Hyraxes (from Ancient Greek ὕραξ hýrax ' shrew -mouse'), also called dassies, [1][2] are small, stout, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. [3] . Modern hyraxes are typically between 30 and 70 cm (12 and 28 in) in length and weigh between 2 and 5 kg (4 and 11 lb).
11 Astonishing Hyrax Facts - Fact Animal
Hyraxes are tiny land manatees. Well, not exactly, but they’re the closest thing to a manatee in East Africa, other than an elephant.
Hyrax: 18 amazing facts about this coney animal - Africa Freak
The hyrax is a remarkable, small, furry animal found in Africa and the Middle East. Find out all the fun facts about these rock rabbits.
Hyrax - African Wildlife Foundation
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.
Rock hyrax - Wikipedia
The rock hyrax (/ ˈ h aɪ. r æ k s /; Procavia capensis), also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and (from some [3] interpretations of a word used in the King James Bible) coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Hyrax | Rock-dwelling, herbivorous, burrowing | Britannica
2024年10月3日 · Hyrax, (order Hyracoidea), any of six species of small hoofed mammals (ungulates) native to Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Hyraxes and pikas are sometimes called conies or rock rabbits, but the terms are misleading, as hyraxes are neither lagomorphs nor exclusively rock dwellers.
Hyrax Facts: Animals of Africa - WorldAtlas
2017年4月25日 · Hyrax is a name given to small rodent-like animals under the order of Hyracoidea. While their small stature, as well as diet, resembles that of rodents, scientific studies show that the hyrax is surprisingly related to the elephant and sea cows (manatees and dugongs).
Hyrax - New World Encyclopedia
Hyrax is the common name for any of the largely herbivorous mammals comprising the order Hyracoidea, whose modern members are characterized by thickset bodies, short tails, and three-toed hind feet with rounded, hoof-like nails on two of the toes and a claw on the third.
Rock hyrax - Smithsonian's National Zoo
Rock hyraxes, also called rock dassies or rock rabbits, are small, stub-tailed, rabbit-like animals native to Africa. Though rock hyraxes resemble rodents, their closest living relatives are actually elephants and manatees.
ADW: Hyracoidea: INFORMATION
Hyraxes, also known as dassies or conies, are jack-rabbit sized animals with short tails and peculiar, 3-toed hind feet with almost hoof-like nails on two of the toes (the inner toe has a claw). The forefeet have 5 toes.