Sentences with phrase «of hyraxes»

Among the many predators of hyraxes is Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii), which feeds mainly on hyraxes (Symes and Kruger 2012) and is among the most diet - specialized raptor (bird of prey).

From the edge of the forest, a group of hyraxes echoed shrieks of alarm.

Population dynamics, dispersal and genetic isolation in two species of hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei and Procavia johnstoni) on habitat islands in the Serengeti.

Not exact matches

The objection is also registered against the verses mentioning the coney, or hyrax; however, the identification of this animal is uncertain - we will assume it to be an animal that also does refection.

Rock hyraxes are native to Africa and the Middle East and live in colonies of ten to eighty individuals, all of whom have a habit of defecating and urinating in the same location.

Hyraceum, also called «Africa stone,» is the petrified and rocklike excreta of the rock hyrax, a medium - size mammal that looks like a big guinea pig and whose closest living relative, oddly, is the elephant.

Paleontologist John Kappelman of the University of Texas at Austin is finding the answer in northern Ethiopia, where he recently excavated the remains of five new elephant relatives (including the tusks seen here), huge rodent like hyraxes, and a late Arsinoitherium, a seven - foot - tall rhino - shaped beast that sported a pair of enormous conical horns on its snout.

The efficient ruminant stomachs of gazelle, antelope, and impala ancestors, for instance, probably gave them an advantage over hyraxes, with their simpler stomachs.

Working near an archaeological site in southern Yemen, Cole and his colleagues, with the help of a Bedouin guide, identified 25 middens that had been deposited in desert caves by a groundhog - sized animal called a hyrax.

Of the animals he studied, the most closely related turned out to be elephants, aardvarks, manatees, golden moles, elephant shrews, and hyraxes — small rabbitlike animals of Africa and AsiOf the animals he studied, the most closely related turned out to be elephants, aardvarks, manatees, golden moles, elephant shrews, and hyraxes — small rabbitlike animals of Africa and Asiof Africa and Asia.

Researchers analyzed social bonds in behavioral data from a long - term study of the rock hyrax, a small mammal that lives in colonies across Africa and the Middle East.

Catch sight of one or more of the forest's other inhabitants — golden monkey, black - fronted duiker, buffalo, elephant, tree hyrax or bushbuck.

The DK Nature Encyclopedia wasn't exactly a classic of children's literature, but I would spend hours flipping through its pages all the same, tracing glossy photos of star - nosed moles and rock hyraxes and blue - footed boobies.

Notes on the habits of the Mount Kenya hyrax (Procavia johnstoni mackinderi Thomas).

Rock and Bush Hyraxes require the presence of suitable refuges in kopjes, large boulder piles, or cliffs.

In several parts of Africa, Bush and Rock Hyraxes co-occur.

Three genera of living hyraxes are recognized: Procavia (Rock Hyrax), Heterohyrax (Bush Hyrax), and Dendrohyrax (tree hyraxes).