Taxonomy and range of tree, bush and rock hyraxes is poorly known from Africa. We hope to collect information of […]
Archive for ‘Tree hyrax’
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 […]
Conservation of Mbololo and Ngangao Forests
Text and photos Hanna Rosti 2022 Two remaining “larger” forests in Taita Hills are Mbololo 180 ha and Ngangao 120 […]
Sagalla, Taita, Kenya – how willingness to help lead to ecological disaster
I visited Sagalla on 13.1.2021 with Benson Lombo and Peter Mwasi. We were looking for tree hyraxes. We didn’t find […]
Animals of Taita, Kenya 