Hyrax
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| Hyraxes | |
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| Yellae-spottit hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Atlantogenata |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Clade: | Paenungulata |
| Order: | Hyracoidea Huxley, 1869 |
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A hyrax (frae Greek ὕραξ "shrewmouse") is ony species o fairly smaa, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. The rock hyrax Procavia capensis, the yellae-spottit rock hyrax Heterohyrax brucei, the wastren tree hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis, an the soothren tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus live in Africae an the Middle East.
Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund creatures wi short tails. Maist measur atween 30 an 70 cm lang an weigh atween 2 an 5 kg. Thay are eften mistaken for rodents, but in actuality are mair closely relatit tae elephants.
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