hyrax
Elephant's tiny cousin
A hyrax is a small, stocky mammal native to Africa and the Middle East, resembling a large rodent but more closely related to elephants.
Hyraxes have rounded bodies, short legs, and rubbery feet adapted for climbing rocks.
They live in colonies among rocky outcrops or in trees, depending on the species.
Plural: hyraxes or hyraces.
Tusked gray giant
- manateeLarge aquatic herbivorous mammal
- dugongHerbivorous marine mammal
- aardvarkBurrowing insectivore with tubular snout
- convergentTending toward union
Surfacing native stone
- boulderLarge weathered stone
- cliffVertical rock wall
- creviceNarrow opening in surface
- kopjeSmall rocky hill
escarpment · ledge · talus · granite · plateau · basking · sunning · crag
Dependent territorial settlement
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- vocalizationsSounds produced by voice
sentinel · huddling · territorial · bonding · kinship · group · communication · interactions
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- quadrupedFour-limbed walker
- mammalianOf the nursing class
- placentalNourished before birth internally
warm-blooded · endothermic · fur · whiskers · tusks · incisors · hooves · viviparous
Tightly packed together
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- smallLimited in size
- stockyShort and solidly built
- robustStrong and durable
elephant
Tusked gray giant
outcrop
Surfacing native stone
kopje · escarpment · ledge · talus · granite · plateau · basking · sunning · crag · fissure
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
vocalizations · sentinel · huddling · territorial · bonding · kinship · group · communication · interactions · clan
pachyderm
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- quadrupedFour-limbed walker
- mammalianOf the nursing class
placental · warm-blooded · endothermic · fur · whiskers · tusks · incisors · hooves · viviparous · gestation
compact
Tightly packed together
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- smallLimited in size
- stockyShort and solidly built
robust · rotund · short-legged · tailless
browsing
Casual examination of options
leaves · shoots · vegetation · grasses · shrubs · bark · saplings · nibbling · herbaceous · flora
- hyraxes
- African wildlifeelephant, African elephant, lion, hippo, elephants
- herbivoreshorse, cow, elephant, zebra, rabbit
- Arabian ecologycamels, desert ecosystem, desert plants, dunes, gazelles
- Israel natureDead Sea, Negev, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, Mediterranean coast
- desert wildlifecamel, dromedary, gazelle, oryx, jerboa