There are three members of the Procaviidae or hyrax family: the rock hyrax, tree hyrax, and bush or yellow-spotted hyrax. While the rock hyrax looks like a large guinea pig or a rabbit with rounded, ...

Hyraxes are medium-sized, plant-eating mammals with soft, gray-brown or yellowish fur that look like a robust, oversized guinea pig or a rabbit with rounded ears and no tail. Native to Africa and the ...

Foundations of complex language have been found in colonies of unusual furry animals called hyraxes. Hyraxes, which resemble rodents but are more closely related to elephants or manatees, often cluck, ...

What is the land animal most closely related to the elephant? It’s the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), a small furry mammal that lives in rocky landscapes across sub-Saharan Africa and along the coast ...

The rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) is full of surprises. While it looks like a slightly more robust version of a guinea pig, it's no rodent. These squat, furry animals are found across Africa and the ...

The rock hyrax is a surprisingly sophisticated communicator, <link> <caption>a study</caption> <url href="http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098 ...

(Phys.org)—Researchers from Montpelier University in France have discovered a novel way to trace climate change over the past several thousand years—by analyzing layers of urine deposited by ...