What is "hyraces"

Usage examples of "hyraces".

The hyraces bolted in every direction and a youngster ran squealing in blind panic into the middle of the shallow pond.

At the foot of the drop, a seep of brackish water gleamed like copper in the sun's last light, and a family of hyraces were sporting in the muddy shallows.

There was a confusion of tracks around the water's edge, but he could find no human ones, only the slots of hyraces and antelopes, and what looked like the impress of the pads of some large cat, most likely a spotted panther.