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Rock Hyrax (Dassie)

Procavia capensis

Photo by Moara
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Nearest extant relative of the Elephant.
These are young animals, huddling together for warmth.

Habitat:

Coastal forest.

Notes:

Also known as Rock Hyrax.

Reference Links:

Rock Hyrax

Species ID Suggestions

Rock Hyrax

Procavia capensis

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Comments (3)
Juan Mantilla - MJ Reichenbach
I have been requested before to put both names and to give preference to the common name and to put in a parenthesis the local one for users to understand
Moara
True. I usually work with small invertebrates where half the time the biologist makes up the common name on the spot. I forgot that the better studied phyla had registered common names. How picky do you think Project Noah is about that sort of thing?

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PublishedSeptember 13, 2011

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