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Bush Hyrax

🇳🇱 Geelvlekklipdas ·Heterohyrax brucei

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Dave Krueper · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  2. 2. © Peter Steward · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Allan Hopkins · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  4. 4. © M Walsh · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Serengeti, Tanzania:© John Ratzlaff · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  6. 6. Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, TZ:© Summer J. Smentek · CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. Serengeti, Serengeti National Park, TZ-MA, TZ:© M P (Nevakee716) · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Serengeti, Tanzania:© Paulo Caseirito · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. XCXM+993, Malipati, Zimbabwe:© Mike “Champ” Krzychylkiewicz · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Babati Rural, Tanzania:© Steven Cheong · CC BY-NC 4.0
Bush Hyrax, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Dave Krueper · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Heterohyrax brucei , more commonly known as the yellow-spotted rock hyrax or bush hyrax , is a species of mammal in the family Procaviidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Northern South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas. Hyrax comes from the Greek word ὕρακ , or shrew-mouse.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,730iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 1,730 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1868 (158 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Bush Hyrax
Nederlands
Geelvlekklipdas
scientific name
Heterohyrax brucei
class
Mammalia
order
Hyracoidea
family
Procaviidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
1,730
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1868 by John Edward Gray

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Procaviidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43088, Wikidata Q186942, GBIF 2437073, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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