🐾Rock hyrax
The rock hyrax, also called dassie, Rickaz, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, or coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. Commonly called the dassie in South Africa, it is one of the five living species of the order Hyracoidea, and the only one in the genus Procavia. Rock hyraxes weigh 4–5 kg (8.8–11.0 lb) and have short ears.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 2.75 kg
- Body length
- 0.51 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 15 years
Everything we know about the Rock hyrax
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.75 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.6 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.51 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass20 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan15 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 15 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length8.43 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation226 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 215 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density2,367 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.8 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Rock hyrax yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderHyracoidea
- ›familyProcaviidae
- ›genusProcavia
- ›speciesProcavia capensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderHyracoidea
- familyProcaviidae
- genusProcavia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderHyracoidea
- familyProcaviidae
- genusProcavia
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