Southern tree hyrax
Steppe forest tree hyrax ( Dendrohyrax arboreus )
The steppe forest tree hyrax ( Dendrohyrax arboreus ) is a species of tree hyraxes within the mammalian order of the hyrax.
Features
The steppe forest tree hyrax has a gray and unlike the commons tree hyrax long and soft fur. Under the chin there is no white spot and the nose is hairy. On the back there is a cream-colored spot is with a hairless body 23 to 30 millimeters in length.
Dissemination
The distribution area of the steppe - forest Baumschliefers includes parts of Central and East Africa from Central Kenya to the South African provinces of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu -Natal and in the west to the north-eastern Angola. For Botswana, Zimbabwe and the Limpopo Province has no evidence.
As a habitat, the species requires forested, and mainly forested areas. So she comes to South Africa in the mountain forests and thickets of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu -Natal ago, further north in Mozambique in the evergreen lowland forests and river forests of the Sava. In East Africa, the Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti and the Masai Mara, she lives in fig trees, acacia stocks and riverine forest.
Threat and protection
The species is " not endangered " by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ( IUCN) due to the large distribution area and population size estimated ( Least concern ). A decline in inventories and a greater threat to the species are not known.