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Rock hyrax
(Procavia capensis)[]
Species ID: 3-27-183-3633-15084
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyracoidea
Family: Procaviidae
Genus: Procavia
Conservation status: LC - Least Concern
Systems: Terrestrial
Links: IUCN Red List

Wikipedia

Subspecies[]

  • P. c. capensis (Cape rock hyrax)
  • P. c. habessinicus (Ethiopian rock hyrax)
  • P. c. johnstoni (Black-necked rock hyrax)
  • P. c. ruficeps (Red-headed rock hyrax)
  • P. c. welwitschii (Kaokoveld rock hyrax)

Other names[]

  • Cape hyrax
  • Rock dassie
  • Rock rabbit
  • Coney

Diet[]

  • Grasses
  • Leaves
  • Buds
  • Fruits
  • Berries
  • Insects
  • Grubs

Biomes[]

Locations[]

Procavia capensis

Ecoregion range

Ecozones[]

Ecoregions[]

  • AT0112 Ethiopian montane forests
  • AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
  • AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
  • AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
  • AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0710 Mandara Plateau mosaic
  • AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
  • AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
  • AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
  • AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
  • AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
  • AT0901 East African halophytics
  • AT0902 Etosha Pan halophytics
  • AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
  • AT1003 Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
  • AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
  • AT1005 East African montane moorlands
  • AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1007 Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
  • AT1008 Ethiopian montane moorlands
  • AT1009 Highveld grasslands
  • AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
  • AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1201 Albany thickets
  • AT1202 Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
  • AT1203 Montane fynbos and renosterveld
  • AT1302 Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert
  • AT1303 East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
  • AT1304 Eritrean coastal desert
  • AT1305 Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
  • AT1307 Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
  • AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
  • AT1313 Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
  • AT1314 Nama Karoo
  • AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
  • AT1317 Red Sea coastal desert
  • AT1319 Somali montane xeric woodlands
  • AT1320 Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
  • AT1321 Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands
  • AT1322 Succulent Karoo
  • PA0812 Middle East steppe
  • PA0904 Nile Delta flooded savanna
  • PA1207 Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests
  • PA1220 Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
  • PA1303 Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
  • PA1320 Mesopotamian shrub desert
  • PA1321 North Saharan steppe and woodlands
  • PA1325 Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
  • PA1327 Sahara desert
  • PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands
  • PA1331 Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
  • PA1332 West Saharan montane xeric woodlands