Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis): a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. AKA: dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and coney.

A new species of tree hyrax has been described in west Africa. Hyraxes are a cuddly-looking group of small mammals that also happen to be the closest living relatives of elephants and manatees.

And when those vocalisations were compared to calls from related animals, it suggested this hyrax is a new species. Hyraxes can produce loud screams that reach over 100 decibels, ...

What is the land animal most closely related to the elephant? It’s the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), a small furry mammal that lives in rocky landscapes across sub-Saharan Africa and along the ...

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 ...

The fuzzy rock hyrax looks like a rodent. But it's not. You'll never guess who its closest relatives are. Here are 10 fun facts about these furry animals, from Wired Science blogger Mary Bates.

A social animal living in colonies of up to 80 individuals, hyraxes look like rodents but surprisingly they’re not – they are actually related to manatees and elephants. The latest hyrax surprise ...

The other idea was that the hyrax calls to show to females and males of his kind that he is highly capable. This principle (invented by Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi) claims that behaviors that ...