Western Tree Hyrax

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Western Tree Hyrax[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyracoidea
Family: Procaviidae
Genus: Dendrohyrax
Species: D. dorsalis
Binomial name
Dendrohyrax dorsalis
(Fraser, 1855)

The Western Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), also called the Western Tree Dassie or Beecroft's Tree Hyrax, is a species of tree hyrax, members of the family Procaviidae.

[edit] Range and habitat

The Western Tree Hyrax is found in West and Central Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Niger. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and rocky areas.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shoshani, Jeheskel (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 87-88. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Barry, R., Bloomer, P., Hoeck, H. & Shoshani, H. (2006). Dendrohyrax dorsalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
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