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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Family: | Procaviidae |
| Genus: | Heterohyrax J. E. Gray, 1868 |
| Species: | H. brucei
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterohyrax brucei (J. E. Gray, 1868)
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| Yellow-spotted rock hyrax range | |
The yellow-spotted rock hyrax or bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is a species of mammal 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.[2] Hyrax comes from the Greek word ὕραξ, or shrew-mouse.[3]
- ^ Shoshani, J. (2005). "Order Hyracoidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Butynski, T.; Hoeck, H.; de Jong, Y.A. (2015). "Heterohyrax brucei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T9997A21283287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T9997A21283287.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary.