File:Pachyhyrax_championi.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
AI overview
Hyracoidea is an order of small, furry mammals commonly known as hyraxes, which are found primarily in Africa and the Middle East. These creatures are scientifically interesting because, despite their resemblance to rodents, they are actually more closely related to elephants and sea cows according to genetic studies.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Species
Hyracoidea
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderHyracoidea
Observations recorded22,610
via GBIF
Research
60 papers- [Cecum of the Hyracoidea].Zeitschrift fur mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung · 1956PATZELT V
- Phylogenomics reveals an almost perfect polytomy among the almost ungulates (Paenungulata).bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Bowman J, Enard D, Lynch VJDOI: 10.1101/2023.12.07.570590
- Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on I. spinae Arthur, 1958, parasites of the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas) (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) in South Africa.Systematic parasitology · 2025Apanaskevich DA, Drew CE, Pienaar RDOI: 10.1007/s11230-025-10248-6
- The caecum of the Hyracoidea.Journal of anatomy · 1949REWELL RE
- Chromosome painting among Proboscidea, Hyracoidea and Sirenia: support for Paenungulata (Afrotheria, Mammalia) but not Tethytheria.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2007Pardini AT, O'Brien PC, Fu B et al.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0088
- Taxeopody in the carpus and tarsus of Oligocene Pliohyracidae (Mammalia: Hyracoidea) and the phyletic position of hyraxes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1990Rasmussen DT, Gagnon M, Simons ELDOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.12.4688
- Characterization and isolation of DNA microsatellite primers in hyrax species (Procavia johnstoni and Heterohyrax brucei, hyracoidea).Molecular ecology · 2000Gerlach G, Derschum HS, Martin Y et al.DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.01041-10.x
- Cutaneous eccrine glands of the foot pads of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, Hyracoidea, Mammalia).Cells, tissues, organs · 2002Stumpf P, Welsch UDOI: 10.1159/000063714
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ein klippschliefer.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Hyracoidea
- Commons category
- Hyracoidea
- start time
- 55800000-0
- taxon common name
- klippegrevlinger
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
REDIRECT Hyrax
Category:Mammal orders Category:Taxa named by Thomas Henry Huxley
Gallery (2)
Available in 80 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Afrikaans
- Aramaic
- Armenian
- Asturian
- Azerbaijani
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Balinese
- Basque
- Belarusian
Show 61 more
- Breton
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Cebuano
- Czech
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Galician
- Georgian
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Interlingua
- Irish
- Kazakh
- Komi-Permyak
- Kongo
- Kotava
- Kyrgyz
- Latin
- Latvian
- Ligurian
- Limburgish
- Lingua Franca Nova
- Lithuanian
- Low German
- Malay
- Maltese
- Navajo
- Nederlands
- Northern Frisian
- Norwegian
- Novial
- Occitan
- Polski
- Romanian
- Scots
- Serbian
- Serbian (Latin)
- simple
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Svenska
- Swahili
- Tiếng Việt
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Uyghur
- Uzbek
- Waray
- Western Mari
- Wu Chinese
- Xhosa
- zh_yue
- فارسی
- ไทย
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0
Connections
Procaviidae
Entity
odd-toed ungulate
Entity
Africa
Entity
Animalia
Entity
mammal
Entity
Middle East
Concept
elephant
Entity
deoxyribonucleic acid
Entity
bone
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Chordata
Entity
rhinoceros
Entity
Wikidata
Entity
nail
Entity
family
Entity
genus
Entity
Mammuthus
Entity
extinction
Entity
Thomas Henry Huxley
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity