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What (who) is Hyrax - definition
Hyrax
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![Young hyrax on [[Mount Kenya]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Klipdas.jpg?width=200 "Young hyrax on [[Mount Kenya]]")
![''Pachyhyrax championi'', a large fossil hyrax from the [[Miocene]] of Rusinga, Kenya (Natural History Museum collection)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pachyhyrax championi.JPG?width=200 "''Pachyhyrax championi'', a large fossil hyrax from the [[Miocene]] of Rusinga, Kenya (Natural History Museum collection)")
ANY SPECIES OF FAIRLY SMALL, THICKSET, HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS IN THE ORDER HYRACOIDEA.
Hyracoidea; Procaviidae; Dassie; Hyraxes; Hyracoidae; Hyrachs; Hyracoid; Cherogril; Dassies; Hyracoids; Pliohyracidae; Geniohyidae; Saghatheriidae; Titanohyracidae
·noun Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. ·see Daman.
hyrax
ANY SPECIES OF FAIRLY SMALL, THICKSET, HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS IN THE ORDER HYRACOIDEA.
Hyracoidea; Procaviidae; Dassie; Hyraxes; Hyracoidae; Hyrachs; Hyracoid; Cherogril; Dassies; Hyracoids; Pliohyracidae; Geniohyidae; Saghatheriidae; Titanohyracidae
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¦ noun a small short-tailed herbivorous mammal, found in Africa and Arabia. [Family Procaviidae: several species.]
Origin
C19: mod. L., from Gk hurax 'shrew-mouse'.
Hyracoidea
ANY SPECIES OF FAIRLY SMALL, THICKSET, HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS IN THE ORDER HYRACOIDEA.
Hyracoidea; Procaviidae; Dassie; Hyraxes; Hyracoidae; Hyrachs; Hyracoid; Cherogril; Dassies; Hyracoids; Pliohyracidae; Geniohyidae; Saghatheriidae; Titanohyracidae
·noun ·pl An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax.
Examples of use of Hyrax
1. In the Judean Desert region, leopards usually feed on hyrax, gazelles and young or ailing ibex.
2. Wildlife threatened The wetland surrounding the Dead Sea also supports endangered species such as ibex, leopards and hyrax, sometimes called rock rabbits, and serves as an important resting and breeding site for millions of birds migrating between Europe and Africa each year.