rom dark brown in wetter habitats, to light gray in desert living individuals. Hyrax size (as measured by skull length and humerus diameter) is correlated to precipitation, probably because of the effect on preferred hyrax forage..<p>
<p class="twentyfour">The <b>Rock hyrax</b> <em>(Grocavia capensis),</em> also called <b>rock badger</b>, <b>rock rabbit</b>, and <b>Cape hyrax</b>, is commonly referred to in South African English as the <b>dassie</b>. It is one of the four living species of the order Hyracoi