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Hyraxes (from
Ancient Gr**** ὕραξ hýrax 'shrew-mouse'), also
called d****ies, are small, stout,
herbivorous mammals in the
order Hyracoidea.
Hyraxes are...
- the only one in the
genus Procavia. Rock
hyraxes weigh 4–5 kg (8.8–11.0 lb) and have
short ears. Rock
hyraxes are
found at
elevations up to 4,200 m (13...
- The bush
hyraxes, H. brucei, are
known to live with rock
hyraxes,
Procavia capensis and
Procavia johnstoni However,
different species of
hyraxes do not...
- elephants),
Sirenia (sea cows,
including dugongs and manatees), and
Hyracoidea (
hyraxes). At
least two more
possible orders are
known only as fossils,
namely Embrithopoda...
-
elephant shrews (also
known as sengis),
otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks,
hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and
several extinct clades. Most
groups of afrotheres...
- Squint. Gutt
leads his crew to
battle against the
unenslaved hyraxes, only for the
hyraxes to be
revealed as a
distraction while Manny steals his new ship...
- of
calls found that they
could be
divided into 'shrieking'
hyraxes and 'barking'
hyraxes, with the
barkers being a
genetically distinct fourth species...
- Yellow-spotted rock
hyraxes are more
often taken in the
Matobo Hills,
perhaps because of
their smaller size or its more
diurnal habits.
Adult rock
hyraxes are disproportionately...
- worldwide.
Their primary hosts are vertebrates;
Leishmania commonly infects hyraxes, canids, rodents, and humans.
Members of an
ancient genus of Leishmania-like...
- Africa. It was
related to
elephants and, more distantly, to sea cows and
hyraxes.
Moeritherium was a
rotund semi-aquatic
mammal with short,
stubby legs...
