mammal · Hyracoidea · Procaviidae

Rock Hyrax

Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766) — also called Cape Hyrax (capensis), Johnston Hyrax (johnstoni), Kaokoveld Hyrax (welwitschii). Occurrence records of the Rock Hyrax are shared on GBIF from around 133 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (740 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernProcaviidae

133reserves with records

5 310records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) — Photo: Basem mosaa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	740
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	704
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	410
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	398
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	393
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	393
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	216
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	214
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	210
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	150
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	86
Colbyn ValleyNature reserve	GP Gauteng	77
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	65
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserve	NW North West	53
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area	LP Limpopo	38
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	34
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	31
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	30
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	30
Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	29
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	29
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	28
Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	27
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	27
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	26
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	25
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	25
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	25
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	24
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	23
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	21
Thornybush Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	21
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	20
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	20
Dikhololo Game ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	19
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	19
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	18
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	18
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	18
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	18
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	18
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	17
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	17
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	16
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	16
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	15
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	14
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	14
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	14
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	13
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	13
Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	12
Waterloo Farm lagerstätteProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	12
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	11
Camdeboo National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	11
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	11
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Montgomery VleiNature reserve	GP Gauteng	11
Mabula Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	10
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	10

and 73 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 54 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 20 reserves
Eastern Cape: 19 reserves
Gauteng: 15 reserves
Limpopo: 11 reserves
North West: 5 reserves
Free State: 4 reserves
Northern Cape: 3 reserves
Mpumalanga: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyracoidea
Family: Procaviidae
Scientific name: Procavia capensis
GBIF taxon: 5219598
Wikidata: Q323847

More of the Procaviidae family

Bush Hyrax Procavia transvaalensis

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.