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Definition of Rock hyrax
1. Noun. Hyrax that lives in rocky areas.
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Das, Dassie, Hyrax
Group relationships: Genus Procavia, Procavia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Hyrax
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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