Rock hyrax

Scientific name: Procavia capensis

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Habitat

Where it lives

The rock hyrax lives among rocks and in rock crevices.

Evidence: SRC-178 · SRC-129Statement code: CLM-ENT0009-HABITAT-01

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Sources (2)

Sources

2Handbook of the Mammals of the World — Procavia capensis species accountSRC-178
1Stumpf & Welsch 2002 — Cutaneous eccrine glands of rock-hyrax foot padsSRC-129

Where it is found

The rock hyrax occurs in sub-Saharan and north-eastern Africa (from Senegal through southern Algeria, Libya and Egypt to the southern tip of the continent), in parts of the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Israel) and in Arabia (Saudi Arabia and Yemen), with isolated mountains in Algeria and Libya. Its country list in the Mammal Diversity Database includes about fifty countries, among them Jordan, Palestine, Oman, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea.

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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Mountains and rocky habitats

Sources

1Stumpf & Welsch 2002 — Cutaneous eccrine glands of rock-hyrax foot padsSRC-129
2Handbook of the Mammals of the World — Procavia capensis species accountSRC-178
3GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766)SRC-159
4Procavia capensis (rock hyrax)SRC-316
5Procavia capensis • Rock HyraxSRC-315
6Rock hyrax — National ZooSRC-RES-8939F61955
7Mammal Diversity Database — American Society of MammalogistsSRC-012