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mammal · Hyracoidea · Procaviidae

Bush Hyrax

Heterohyrax brucei (Gray, 1868) — also called Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax, Yellow-spotted Hyrax, Hoggar Hyrax. Occurrence records of the Bush Hyrax are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (39 records).

IUCN: Least concernProcaviidae
6reserves with records
78records around them
1provinces
LCIUCN category
Bush Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier areaLP Limpopo39
Mapungubwe National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo11
Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserveLP Limpopo10
EWT Medike ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo10
Lanner GorgeProtected areaLP Limpopo5
Lapalala WildernessGame reserveLP Limpopo3

By province

Limpopo
6 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Order
Hyracoidea
Scientific name
Heterohyrax brucei
GBIF taxon
2437073
Wikidata
Q186942

More of the Procaviidae family

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.