Rock hyrax
(Procavia capensis)[] | |
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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 |
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[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]

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