Written by Jyrki Rosti We left Taita Hills 05.30 am trying to catch the sunrise on the Tsavo East national […]
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Taitavuorten pikkugalagot – kansalaistiedetehtävä
Kenian Taitavuorilla elää kahdessa metsässä, Ngangaossa ja Mbolololla pikkugalagoja, joiden lajista ei ole varmuutta. VASTAUKSET LÖYTYVÄT SIVUN ALAOSASTA Pikkugalagot Mbolololla […]
September 2022, drought in LUMO, Kenya
I visited Lumo Conservancy on 4th of September 2022. Lumo was grey due to lack of rains. I have been […]
Join research with hyraxes!
Taxonomy and range of tree, bush and rock hyraxes is poorly known from Africa. We hope to collect information of […]
Southern tree hyrax – Dendrohyrax arboreus
Souther tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) can be encountered from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda and Congo. Southern tree hyraxes live […]
Magical moment – from tree hyrax song to dawn chorus
See and listen how chorus of tree hyraxes change into chorus of birds. This is recorded in Ngangao Forest, Taita […]
Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya
Published in Scientific Reports 16.4.2022 Highlights of the article Names of trees and woody climbers tree hyraxes are using in […]
AFROTHERIA and PAENUNGULATA
SUPERCOHORT AFROTHERIA – AFRICAN MAMMALS Elephants (Prodoscidea) Manatees and dudongs (Sirenia) Hyraxes (Hyracoidea) Aadwark (Tubulidentata) Sengis (Macroscelidea) Golden-moles (Chrysochloridae) Tenrecs […]
Hyrax species
There are three genuses: Dendrohyrax, Heterohyrax and Procavia Dendrohyrax: 4 species + several still unidentified Dendrohyrax arboreus Southern tree hyrax […]
Peculiar features of hyraxes
Three genuses are recognized: Dendrohyrax – tree hyraxes – 4 species at the moment – more to come Heterohyrax – […]
Western tree hyrax – Dendrohyrax dorsalis
Six subspecies have been recognized, and resently Oates et al. (2022) described one as Dendrohyrax interfluvialis from Benin. Coat is […]
ROCK HYRAX Procavia capensis
According to Mammals of Africa (MOA) 2013 17 subspecies are recognized. However, many of these subspecies have been elevated to […]
Animals of Taita, Kenya 