Dendrohyrax arboreus (southern tree hyrax)

Mass: 2.0 kg based on Milner and Harris 1999

Latitudinal range: -15.8° to 5.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 3 samples

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene)

Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)

Tanzania: Mwanihana

Size measurements:
♀ body mass2270 kgN = 6Milner and Harris 1999
♀ body mass1600 kgN = 5Milner and Harris 1999
♂ body mass2270 kgN = 3Milner and Harris 1999
♂ body mass1890 kgN = 1Milner and Harris 1999
♀ hind foot length65 mmN = 6Milner and Harris 1999
♀ hind foot length56 mmN = 5Milner and Harris 1999
♂ hind foot length65 mmN = 3Milner and Harris 1999
♂ hind foot length69 mmN = 1Milner and Harris 1999
♀ total body length527 mmN = 6Milner and Harris 1999
♀ total body length468 mmN = 5Milner and Harris 1999
♂ total body length507 mmN = 3Milner and Harris 1999
♂ total body length514 mmN = 1Milner and Harris 1999

See also Dendrohyrax, Dendrohyrax validus