Mountain horned coney (SciiFii)

The mountain horned coney (Ceratohyrax crassipygus), also known simply as the horned coney and the horned hyrax, is a species of hyrax that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the temperate and alpine forests, open woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, and mountainous regions across Africa to help boost biodiversity. The closest living relative of the mountain horned coney is the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). The mountain horned coney is rather slightly larger than the rock hyrax, because it lives in cooler climate with expressed daily and seasonal fluctuations of temperatures. At cold snap this species runs to deep dormation. In warm season when food is plentiful, on buttocks of mountain horned cony thick layer of fat is accumulated; it is used in winter time. Colouring of wool at this animal is lighter than the rock hyrax, straw-coloured with grayish shade on back, hips and waist. Unlike hyraxes, it gets its name for its horns on skull, which are thick and short. With their help, the animal can pick out from the ground stones during the hole digging. This species settles in pairs, but does not avoid presence of congeners. The conservation status of the mountain horned coney is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the mountain horned coney's wide range.
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