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title: "Procavia delle steppe"
description: "Heterohyrax brucei — Mammiferi. The yellow-spotted rock hyrax or bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is a species of hyrax in the family Procaviidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bush-hyrax
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Procavia delle steppe

> Heterohyrax brucei — Mammiferi. The yellow-spotted rock hyrax or bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is a species of hyrax in the family Procaviidae.

- Scientific name: *Heterohyrax brucei*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1674
- Wikidata: [Q186942](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186942)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43088](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43088)

## Names

- en: Bush Hyrax
- de: Buschschliefer
- es: Damán de Bruce
- fr: Daman de Steppe
- it: Procavia delle steppe
- nl: Steppeklipdas
- pt: Damão‑de‑bocage
- pl: Góralek zaroślowy

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (712), KE (560), ZW (86), ZA (78), ET (36), ZM (31), MW (26), AO (7), BW (6), UG (6), MZ (4)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-spotted_rock_hyrax

## Photo

![Procavia delle steppe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bush-hyrax/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60715608

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bush-hyrax?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).