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Hyraceum (/haɪˈreɪsiəm/) is the petrified and rock-like excrement 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, which may be sheltered in caves. These locations form middens that are composed of hyraceum and hyrax pellets, which can be petrified and preserved for over 50,000 years. These middens form a record of past climate and vegetation.[1]
It is also a sought-after material that has been used in both traditional South African medicine and perfumery.
Hyraceum (/haɪˈreɪsiəm/) is the petrified and rock-like excrement composed of both urine and feces of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and closely related...
accumulation of fecal pellets and a brown amber-like a urinary product known as hyraceum excreted by the rock hyrax and closely related species. Hyrax middens form...
call the rock hyrax the n'eer. Rock hyraxes produce large quantities of hyraceum, a sticky mass of dung and urine that has been employed as a South African...
Animal Protection investigated African civets caught for this purpose. Hyraceum: Commonly known as "Africa stone", is the petrified excrement of the rock...
non-aromatic fungus Podaxon carcinomalis, Wolfboegoe, a non-aromatic fungus Hyraceum, known as Haasboegoe or Klipboegoe, and used medicinally by the Namaqua...
ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. "Tinnunculite (of Chesnokov & Shcherbakova)". Mindat.org. Retrieved 31 January 2017. Organic compounds (minerals) Hyraceum v t e...
in protected areas. Layers of dung are quickly hardened and sealed by Hyraceum, creating mainly horizontal middens. Middens created by antelopes, as well...
scholarly squabbling, but the absence of physical specimens was soon fatal. Hyraceum Toadstone Walton, 364, quoted Walton, 377 Earle R. Caley and John F.C....
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