Small, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea
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Hyraxes
Temporal range: Eocene–recent 55.8–0 Ma
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Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) Erongo, Namibia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Superorder:
Afrotheria
Clade:
Paenungulatomorpha
Grandorder:
Paenungulata
Order:
Hyracoidea Huxley, 1869
Subgroups
See text
The range map of Procaviidae, the only living family within Hyracoidea
Hyraxes (from Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax) 'shrewmouse'), also called dassies,[1][2] are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails.[3] Typically, they measure between 30 and 70 cm (12 and 28 in) long and weigh between 2 and 5 kg (4 and 11 lb). They are superficially similar to pikas and marmots, but are more closely related to elephants and sea cows.
Hyraxes have a life span from 9 to 14 years. Six extant species are recognised: the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and the yellow-spotted rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei), which both live on rock outcrops, including cliffs in Ethiopia[4] and isolated granite outcrops called koppies in southern Africa;[5] the western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), southern tree hyrax (D. arboreus), eastern tree hyrax (D. validus)[6] and Benin tree hyrax (D. interfluvialis). Their distribution is limited to Africa, except for P. capensis, which is also found in the Middle East.
^"Hyracoidea" in Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Vol. 15: Mammals. Gale Publishing. Online version accessed April 2014.
^"Dassie, n." Dictionary of South African English. Dictionary Unit for South African English, 2018. Web. 25 February 2019.
^Wilson, Don E.; Mittermeier, Russell A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World, volume 2. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. p. 29. ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4.
^Aerts, Raf (2019). Forest and woodland vegetation in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^Michael A. Mares (2017). Encyclopedia of Deserts. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-8061-7229-3.
^"Eastern Tree Hyrax". IUCN red list. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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