Article published in Ecology and Evolution on 16.1.2023: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9693 Tree hyraxes eat leaves of trees, thus they are browsers. They […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Taita tree hyraxes filmed at night
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27.8.2022 Short video introduction to tree hyraxes, with unique footage Video of tree hyraxes filmed at night with night binoculars […]
How to observe nocturnal animals in tropical forest?
Nocturnal animals are still fairly unknown and forest at night is magical It is constant surprise for me how little […]
Acoustic communication of Taita tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax sp. This article focuses on incredible variable acoustic communication of Taita tree hyrax. If you are interested in other […]
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3.10.2022 Preprint of the Species identity and behaviour of cave-dwelling tree hyraxes of the Kenya coast is available from Authorea. […]
Taita tree hyrax – mysterious relict species
(Dendrohyrax sp.) I will never forget fist time that I heard tree hyrax. I was sitting on a log. It […]
Animals of Taita, Kenya 