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Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)

Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)

About Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Hyracoidea
  • Family: Procaviidae


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2008

Assessor/s
Barry, R., Bloomer, P., Hoeck, H. & Shoshani, H. (IUCN SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group)

Reviewer/s
Rathbun, G. (Afrotheria Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Contributor/s

Justification
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, its occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History
  • 2006
    Least Concern
    (IUCN 2006)
  • 2006
    Least Concern
  • 1996
    Lower Risk/least concern
    (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2011-01-09
    Yabello, Ethiopia
    Not 100% sure that they were not the rock hyrax.
  • 2013-10-24
    Nairobi National Park, Kenya
    Image from 2013-10-24
  • 2013-10-28
    Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya