How big does a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Yellow-spotted rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) reaches an average size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 14 years, they grow from 225 grams (0.5 lbs) to 2.45 kg (5.41 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Yellow-spotted rock hyraxs have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Yellow-spotted rock hyrax (genus: Heterohyrax) is a member of the family Procaviidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
Heterohyrax brucei, more commonly known as the yellow-spotted rock hyrax or bush hyrax, is a species of mammal in the family Procaviidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, 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. Hyrax comes from the Greek word ὕραξ, or shrew-mouse.
Animals of the same family as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
We found other animals of the Procaviidae family:
- Southern tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Heterohyrax antineae with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Southern tree hyrax with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Western tree hyrax with 1 babies per litter
- Rock hyrax with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same size as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Yellow-spotted rock hyrax:
- Black-headed spider monkey with a size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Yunnan hare with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Preuss’s monkey with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Yellow-throated marten with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Diademed sifaka with a size of 50.1 cm (1′ 8″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax:
- Mahogany glider
- Snow sheep
- Little yellow bat
- Tammar wallaby
- Kelaart’s pipistrelle
- Llama
- Masoala fork-marked lemur
- Greater nectar bat
- Gray snub-nosed monkey
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax:
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Common treeshrew with an average maximal age of 12.42 years
- Common pipistrelle with an average maximal age of 16.67 years
- Red fox with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Jungle cat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- La Plata dolphin with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Dhole with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Ring-tailed cat with an average maximal age of 16.5 years
- Bat-eared fox with an average maximal age of 13.75 years
- Greater fairy armadillo with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Heterohyrax brucei:
- Bunyoro rabbit with a weight of 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs)
- Striped hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 2.01 kilos (4.43 lbs)
- Corsac fox with a weight of 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs)
- Golden palm civet with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- South African springhare with a weight of 2.55 kilos (5.62 lbs)
- Johnston’s genet with a weight of 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Cat with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Kinkajou with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Hoary marmot with a weight of 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs)