Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis): ... short ears and no tail, it is neither. The rock hyrax shares an ancestor with the elephant and has similar teeth, toes, and skull structure to that of an elephant.

THE Krantzkloof Nature Reserve is not generally known for mammal sightings as these are few and far between and mostly restricted to nocturnal species. One mammal you may be lucky to spot is the Rock ...

The other idea was that the hyrax calls to show to females and males of his kind that he is highly capable. This principle (invented by Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi) claims that behaviors that ...

Bender: Each species of tree hyrax has its own unique call: due to their distinctive shrieks, Oates and an international team of researchers discovered a new species of the mammal.

You only need to take a look at the adoring fans of famous musicians to realize being rhythmically skilled is a desirable trait. In male rock hyraxes, singing frequency and rhythm could be seen as ...

A new species of tree hyrax has been described in west Africa. Hyraxes are a cuddly-looking group of small mammals that also happen to be the closest living relatives of elephants and manatees.

The findings, published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Animal Ecology, suggest that male hyraxes with the best rhythmic structure and stability end up with the most offspring that ...