Rock+Hyrax

toc // Scientific name // Procavia capensis Order: Hyracoidea

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Range and Habitat

 * Found across Africa and the Mediterranean
 * Hyraxes are very adaptable, living in habitats ranging from dry savanna to dense rainforest to cold Afro-alpine moorland.

Physical Description

 * Resembling a robust over-sized [|guinea pig] with short ears/tail, and pointy snout.
 * Length of 50 cm (20 in) and weighing around 4 kg (8.8 lb)

Life Cycle

 * They typically live to about 10 years of age.
 * Rock hyraxes give birth to two or three young after a [|gestation] period of 6–7 months. The young are well developed at birth.

Behavior

 * ====They live in colonies of 50 or so in natural crevices of rocks or boulders. They regularly use "latrines" and in areas they inhabit, conspicuous white deposits from their urine form on rock faces. They are active in the daytime and can be seen feeding or sunning themselves near the entrances to their shelters. ====

**Threats and Conservation Status**
 * The Rock Hyrax is snared for skins and meat. Poached for sport and meat in Saudi Arabia. This hunting appears to be heavy at some sites and is likely a major cause of its current restricted distribution in the country.
 * IUCN status of Least Concern

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 * //Activity Schedule: diurnal, nocturnal, crepuscular//
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 * //General Habitat/Biome: deserts, forests, mountains, etc.//