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title: "Rock Hyrax"
description: "Procavia capensis — Mamíferos. The rock hyrax, also called dassie, Rickaz, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, or coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial hyrax native to Africa and the Middle East."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rock-hyrax
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rock Hyrax

> Procavia capensis — Mamíferos. The rock hyrax, also called dassie, Rickaz, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, or coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial hyrax native to Africa and the Middle East.

- Scientific name: *Procavia capensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9984
- Wikidata: [Q323847](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323847)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43086](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43086)

## Names

- en: Rock Hyrax
- de: Klippschliefer
- es: Damán de el Cabo
- fr: Daman du Cap
- nl: Kaapse klipdas
- pl: Góralek przylądkowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (6102), IL (813), NA (777), KE (578), TZ (248), DZ (101), ET (84), PS (80), UG (38), ZW (34), BW (27), SZ (24)

## Summary

The rock hyrax, also called dassie, Rickaz, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, or coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial hyrax native to Africa and the Middle East. Commonly called the dassie in South Africa, it is one of the five living species of the order Hyracoidea, and the only one in the genus Procavia.
Rock hyraxes weigh 4–5 kg (8.8–11.0 lb) and have short ears.

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

## Photo

![Rock Hyrax](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-hyrax/medium.jpg)

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315472470

## Machine access

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