Bush Hyrax
Field guide
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Bush Hyrax

Heterohyrax brucei

Overview

Serengeti National Park, Tsavo East and Tsavo West are among 14 atlas places where the Bush Hyrax is recorded. Its records concentrate in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The atlas holds 144 records of the species across seven countries.

Recording seasons for the Bush Hyrax differ by region. Each place page in the atlas shows the particular months recorded there.

Records
144
Countries
7
Atlas places
14
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Bush Hyrax as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 66 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 58 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · low confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Ethiopia
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Bush Hyrax