There are three members of the Procaviidae or hyrax family: the rock hyrax, tree hyrax, and bush or yellow-spotted hyrax. While the rock hyrax looks like a large guinea pig or a rabbit with rounded, ...

It's no secret that I love the rock hyrax, that furry potato-shaped mammal with tiny vampire fangs and the strangest "wawa" scream. I thought I knew a lot about them already, but today I hit upon a ...

The probable hyrax butt-drag trace; the feature to the right of centre is interpreted as a probable coprolite (fossilised dung). Charles Helm, Author provided (no reuse) Rock hyraxes, known in ...

Learn about a new world’s first: a South African rock hyrax that scooted its way into the fossil record and is highlighting the importance of paleoichnology. The latest paleontological discovery has ...

The latest paleontological discovery has come in an unexpected form: a 126,000-year-old buttock-drag track found in South Africa. According to a new study in Ichnos, the track was likely made by a ...