rock hyrax

English

rock hyrax

Noun

rock hyrax (plural rock hyraxes or rock hyraces)

A guinea pig-like, but larger, animal (Procavia capensis), native to much of Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.

Synonyms

(Procavia capensis): rock badger, Cape hyrax, dassie (South Africa)

Derived terms

Cape rock hyrax

Translations

Procavia capensis

Afrikaans: dassie (af)
Catalan: damà roquer del Cap m
French: daman des rochers (fr) m
Galician: damán do Cabo m
German: Klippschliefer m
Italian: irace del Capo f
Polish: góralek przylądkowy (pl) m
Portuguese: damão m, macópio m
Russian: ка́пский дама́н m (kápskij damán)
Spanish: damán roquero m
Swedish: klipphyrax (sv) c

References

rock hyrax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Procavia capensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Procavia capensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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