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hyrax
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2009
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hy·rax
/ ˈhīˌraks/
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a small herbivorous mammal (family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea) with a compact body and a very short tail, found in arid country in Africa and Arabia. The nearest relatives to hyraxes are the elephants and other subungulates.
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Kenya--the Rock and Tree Hyrax or Dassie.
Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...vary between the two Hyrax species. Hyraxes are without tails...capensis) 2) Tree Hyrax or Dassie (Dendrohyrax arboreus) Hyraxes (Dassies) form...the species. Rock Hyrax or Dassie (Procavia capensis) Rock Hyraxes are easily found...
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Hyrax Oil aims to double revenue, plans export push
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/13/2007; ; 387 words
; ...Singh New Straits Times 04-13-2007 Hyrax Oil aims to double revenue, plans export...Section: Business Times Type: Company HYRAX Oil Sdn Bhd - a manufacturer of automotive...managing director Hamizah Zainudddin said Hyrax will aggressively market its transformer...
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The song of songs; Animal behaviour.(Hyrax song is a menu for mating)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...studied the behaviour of 18 male hyraxes, and also collected their fur...correlations between the pattern of a hyrax's song and other details of...and Sociobiology, that male hyraxes are doing far more than just...Wailing, which starts a typical hyrax song, indicates weight. The...
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MALAYSIA'S HYRAX TO PROVIDE OIL FOR DONG ANH ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 4/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...Equipment Manufacture Joint Stock Company (EEMC) and Malaysian oil company, Hyrax Oil Sdn Bhd in Hanoi on April 23. Under the MoU, over the next three years, Hyrax Oil Sdn Bhd will provide EEMC with at least 5.1 million litres of oil at a...
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Skinks, Hyraxes To Share Quarters
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/13/1993; 348 words
; ...mammals. Koalas, three-banded armadillos, elephant shrews, tree shrews, dwarf mongooses, naked mole rats, bush babies, hyraxes, African crested porcupines, Asian small-clawed otters, Prevost's squirrels, sloths, echidnas. Reptiles. Shingle...
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'Banana-Jawed' Fossil Mammal Linked to Rare Sound-Producing Skill.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 4/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...Science Foundation. The banana-jawed hyraxes were much different in appearance from...counterparts, the scientists said. "Hyraxes today are improbably cute-looking mammals...sunbathing," Simons said. "Seven species of hyraxes now inhabit a swathe from the Middle East...
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Little criminals
Magazine article from: Natural History; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...animals mentioned in the Bible, hyraxes are found in Africa and the Middle...firmly in the elephant camp. Rock hyraxes live in colonies, and the jumble...me in the middle of an active hyrax colony. Hyraxes eat a wide variety of plants...
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Play or prey
Magazine article from: Natural History; 6/1/2001; ; 537 words
; ...and killed western tree hyraxes but did not eat them...excitedly and then attack a hyrax that fell out of a tall...tree swinging a Live hyrax, then slamming it against...she slept with the dead hyrax all night; the next...at Mahale do consume hyraxes, those at Bossou either...
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New creatures found in Ethiopian fossil deposits
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...as the "collie-sized" hyraxes -- probably couldn't compete, Sanders said. Hyraxes today are the closest living...million years ago, there were hyrax species as large as medium...Sanders said. "They (hyraxes) were eating the same foods...
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Set for slice of lubricant market
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/15/2007; ; 339 words
; ...Column: News HOMEGROWN lubricant company Hyrax Oil Sdn Bhd is poised to be a major player...Hazimah Zainuddin, said during the launch of Hyrax Oil's newly packaged automotive lubricants...Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. She said part of Hyrax Oil's plans are to appoint distributors...
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hyrax
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hyrax , name for rabbit...rodentlike in appearance, hyraxes are hoofed mammals...and sea cows. The hyrax, also called coney...There are about 14 hyrax species, classified...and are known as tree hyraxes; they are the only...
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Hyracoidea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Hyracoidea ( hyraxes , dassies , conies...similar niches. The hyrax has short ears and no...Tertiary , so modern hyraxes may be very similar...and Heterohyrax (rock hyraxes), and Dendrohyrax (tree hyrax). These are distributed...
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Linognathidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...is sometimes placed in its own family. This genus contains all the species of Anoplura parasitic on hyraxes, other lice found on hyraxes belonging to the Ischnocera (family Trichodectidae ).
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Hyracotherium
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...the horses. Because of its small size, when the fossils were first found they were mistakenly associated with the African hyraxes, hence the name. In America the fossils were identified correctly and the name Eohippus was adopted, but according to the...
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cony
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
cony ( coney ) The name given in England to the rabbit in medieval, Tudor, and Stuart times; in the King James Bible it is used to mean the hyrax ( Hyracoidea ). Today the name is usually reserved for the pika (see OCHOTONIDAE ).
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