What is Hyrax?

Hyrax is a mammal of the order of Hyracidea; In Africa and parts of Asia there are several types of Hyrax. These little mammals are quite unusual and show several characteristics associated with early mammal evolution, and they seem to represent a clear branch of the world of mammals, which may have been much larger once. Despite the fact that Hyrax looks like a rodent at first glance, these animals are in fact most associated with elephants and manatey, and they seem to be related to the hooves, although the accurate connection between the hydraxes and negules are unclear. Most hyraxes are around the size of a small dog, with very compact muscle bodies. They have stubborn legs, tails and ears and their coats move from creamy white to brown, sometimes with stripes or dots, depending on the environment, Hyrax lives. Some hyraxes are so well adapted to climbing that they spend most of their lives on trees, while others prefer to live in large colonies about 50 individuals on Earth.

Hyraxes lack more accurate temperature control capabilities associated with most mammals and, as a result, are forced to rely on body heat and repeat to use warm weather. They also have stomachs that are superficially resembling stomachs of ruminants because they are divided into compartments for easier digestion of their vegetarian diet, but unlike ruminants, Hyraxis is not threatened.

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Gestational period for Hyrax can be up to eight months, depending on the species, with up to four young people born in the litter. Some biologists have suggested that the relatively long period of pregnancy Hyrax is related to the fact that these animals were once relatively large. Fossilized remnants of elephant size have been discovered, which supports this theory. Hyraxes can also be called Conies, Shrewmice or Rock Dachshunds depending on the regional slang and reflecting general confusion about what biological categories these animals actually belong to.