Data from: Species identity and cave-dwelling tree hyraxes of the Kenyan coast
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2022-12-27, 2022-12-27
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The eastern tree hyrax is thought to be a solitarily living arboreal species of the forests of East Africa. However, on the coast of Kenya, indigenous forests have been almost entirely cleared, and some of the last tree hyrax populations live in limestone rocky formations and caves. Interestingly, they seem to be living in social groups. Here, we describe and document photographically these unique tree hyrax populations. We also describe their acoustical communication and their calling activity in three different habitats. Based on these animals' physical appearance and acoustic analyses of their calls, they represent the species eastern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax validus. Due to immence pressure from humans, the future of these small and isolated, cave-living tree hyrax populations does not seem bright.