Dendrohyrax dorsalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Hyracoidea
- Family
- Procaviidae
- Genus
- Dendrohyrax
- Species
- Dendrohyrax dorsalis
- Scientific Name
- Dendrohyrax dorsalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Western tree hyrax
The western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), also called the western tree dassie or Beecroft's tree hyrax, is a species of tree hyrax within the family Procaviidae. It can be distinguished from other hyraxes by short coarse fur, presence of white patch of fur beneath the chin, lack of hair on the rostrum, and lower crowns of the cheek teeth compared to other members of the same genus.
...Dendrohyrax dorsalis in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Westelike Boomdassie
- Arabic
- وبر غربي
- Bokmål
- Vesttreklippegrevling
- Czech
- daman pralesní
- Dutch
- Westelijke Boomklipdas
- English
- Western Tree Hyrax
- English
- Western Tree Dassie
- English
- Tree-bear
- English
- Rainforest Tree Hyrax
- English
- Beecroft's Tree Hyrax
- Finnish
- valkoharjatamaani
- French
- Daman des arbres
- French
- Daman d’arbre de l'ouest
- German
- Gemeiner Baumschliefer
- German
- Westlicher Baumschliefer
- German
- Regenwaldbaumschliefer
- Russian
- Западный даман
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