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Heterohyrax brucei
Order: Hyracoidea > Family: Procaviidae > Genus: Heterohyrax > Species: Heterohyrax brucei
Common Name: Bush Hyrax [English]
Type Description
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 1:44
Type Locality
Ethiopia (= Abyssinia).
Measurements
Total length: 305-465 mm
Weight: 1020-2210 g
Weight: 1020-2210 g
Description
The pale eyebrows of this animal distinguish it from other hyraxes. The relationships among hyraxes remain poorly understood.
Distribution
Heterohyrax brucei is found in wooded localities on riverbanks, escarpments, and rocky outcrops covering altitude ranges from sea-level to 3,800 m. This species is distributed throughout east and south-central Africa, from the east coastline of Egypt down into the Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia throughout East Africa and across from Mozambique into Angola. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:340-343.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 299.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1041, 1044-1046.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 299.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1041, 1044-1046.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.