Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax

Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax

Taxobox
name = Yellow-spotted Rock HyraxMSW3 Shoshani | pages = 88]



status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Barry, R., Bloomer, P., Hoeck, H. & Shoshani, H. | year = 2006 | id = 9997 | title = Heterohyrax brucei | downloaded = 2007-07-30]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Hyracoidea
familia = Procaviidae
genus = "Heterohyrax"
genus_authority = Gray, 1868
species = "H. brucei"
binomial = "Heterohyrax brucei"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1868)
synonyms =

The Bush Hyrax or Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax ("Heterohyrax brucei") is a species of mammal in the Procaviidae family. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.

It is currently the only species in the genus "Heterohyrax". However, there are 25 distinct subspecies.

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