Definition of Rock hyrax

1. Noun. Hyrax that lives in rocky areas.

Exact synonyms: Procavia Capensis, Rock Rabbit
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Das, Dassie, Hyrax
Group relationships: Genus Procavia, Procavia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Hyrax

rock doves
rock drill
rock elm
rock face
rock faces
rock garden
rock geranium
rock group
rock groups
rock gunnel
rock harlequin
rock hind
rock hopper
rock hound
rock hyrax (current term)
rock kangaroo
rock lobster
rock maple
rock mechanics
rock music
rock oil
rock on
rock opera
rock out
rock out with one's cock out
rock outcrop
rock partridge
rock penstemon
rock pigeon

Literary usage of Rock hyrax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... proportions offer nectar-filled blossoms to long-tailed scarlet-tufted malachite sunbirds, and their leaves to furry little Mount Kenya rock hyrax. ..."

2. Southern Africa: South Africa * Namibia * Botswana * Zimbabweby Bernard Joliat by Bernard Joliat (2000)
"... The rock hyrax (or dassie) may well look like a fat rat that's lost its tail, it is in reality a close relation of the elephant and rhinoceros! ..."

3. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by Keith Scholey, David Attenborough, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1997)
"... hunting vervet monkeys in Zimbabwe; the classic African forest eagle; and the black eagle, a close relative of the golden eagle, hunting rock hyrax. ..."

4. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Populations of ibex, wild goat, mountain gazelle, Arabian tahr and rock hyrax were all decimated and today it is believed that only a very few tahr and ..."

5. Kenya and Tanzania by Claude Herve-Bazin, Judith Farr (2000)
"The rock hyrax (or dassie) may well look like a fat rat that's lost its tail, it is in reality a close relation of the elephant and rhinoceros! ..."

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