They often engage is social play and may live in groups containing hundreds of animals. Hyrax have keen hearing and sharp eyesight. They are constantly alert and have a scream-like alarm vocalization. Hyrax are fierce fighters and will bite savagely at anything that attacks them. The yellow-spotted hyrax is found exclusively in rocky areas.
Colonies occur on rocky kopjes, rocky hillsides, krantzes, and in piles of loose boulders.
They are typically found in mountainous regions at elevations of about 3800 meters. Walker's Mammals of the World, Fourth Edition. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, London. Reference written by Nancy Shefferly. Page last updated 18 January 1996.