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Hyrax  n.  (Zool.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (Hyrax Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (Hyrax capensis) of South Africa. Other species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.





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... Form of the Placenta in the Cape Hyrax" "Proceedings of the Zoological Society" (1863) page 237. (The paper was never written in full; the materials and an unfinished drawing of the membranes are at ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 • Leonard Huxley


Words linked to "Hyrax" :   Procaviidae, family Procaviidae, eutherian, das, placental, eutherian mammal, rock hyrax, coney


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