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Hyraxes
Hyraxes
Physical characteristics
Hair color

Brown, gold, and tan

Eye color

Black, brown, and green

Distinctions

Large splotches on backs

Sociocultural characteristics
Habitat

Savanna

Dominions

   Outlands
   Pride Lands

Diet

   Fruit
   Leaves
   Nuts
   Seeds

Predators

   Crocodiles
   Hawks
   Jackals
   Snakes

Notable members

Pim

I am so excited to eat you! I've never had tree hyrax before!
Mpishi to Pim[src]

Hyraxes are a species of animal native to the Outlands and the Pride Lands. They feed on fruit, leaves, nuts, and seeds, and are preyed upon by crocodiles, hawks, jackals, and snakes.

History[]

Ushari attacks Pim[]

Bunga, the Lion Guard's duty is to defend the Circle of Life. Even if it means helping a hyrax out of a thorn bush.
Kion, when Pim gets stuck in a thorn bush[src]
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Ushari hunts Pim.

Upon hearing an animal's terrified cries for help, the Lion Guard followed the sounds to where Pim was stuck in a thorn bush. Though annoyed by the false alarm, they freed him. Once out of the thorn bush, Pim began to frantically rub himself with a snake skin in order to hide his scent, but Ushari merely snuck up behind him and ate him. Furious, Bunga forced Ushari to free Pim. The hyrax, in turn, hugged Bunga in gratitude, only to flee from his stench.

Later, when Kion was preparing to use the Roar of the Elders on a nearby grove of trees, the rest of the Lion Guard found Pim sitting in one of the trees. Bunga attempted to scare Pim down with his stink, but since he had rolled around in mint leaves earlier, Pim no longer disliked his smell. Finally, Bunga took Pim into his arms and forced him to leave the tree. Afterward, Pim clung happily to Bunga's back, and Bunga jested that he hoped his stink would come back soon.[1]

Kupatana[]

Drop the hyrax.
―Kion to Reirei on Pim[src]

Some hyraxes attended Kupatana. During the celebration, Reirei's pack attacked, and Reirei nearly ate Pim before Kion tackled her.[2]

Chased by young Pride Landers[]

Maybe we can't be the hyenas...but they can!
Mtoto on some hyraxes[src]

One day, Mtoto and his friends were playing "Lion Guard," during which they pretended that some hyraxes were hyenas. They chased the hyraxes across the Pride Lands until they escaped into a hole in a rock wall.[3]

Zebra stampede[]

Kion, the zebras are headed for a family of hyraxes.
Ono[src]

One day, a herd of zebras started to stampede toward a family of hyraxes. As the Lion Guard chased after the herd, Ono reported the hyraxes' position to Kion, who resolved to slow the stampede. Eventually, the Guard managed to calm the zebras, thus saving the hyraxes.[4]

Hippo lanes[]

While making hippo lanes across the Flood Plains, Beshte transported some hyraxes from one side of the marsh to the other.[5]

Mpishi's attack[]

It's a harrier hawk! And it looks like she's hunting those hyraxes!
―Ono on Mpishi[src]

In an attempt to try new foods, Mpishi hunted Pim, but Ono caused her to fly head-on into a cliff. As Pim fell, Ono tried to save him, but he proved to be too heavy. Just in time, Beshte approached below Pim and caught the hyrax safely on his back.[6]

Dry season rescues[]

As the dry season began, some hyraxes got trapped behind rocks, but Kion freed them. Later, Fuli and Kion carried some hyraxes to a water hole.[7]

Kenge's attack[]

When Kenge invaded the Pride Lands, several hyraxes fled from him.[8]

Kumbuka celebration[]

Some hyraxes attended the Kumbuka celebration at Pride Rock.[9]

Broken bridge[]

Though we now have a bunch of thirsty hyraxes that can't get to the watering hole. Sorry, little guys.
―Ono to some hyraxes, when a bridge collapses[src]

While patrolling the Pride Lands, the Lion Guard spotted some hyraxes crossing an unstable bridge across a ravine. Just before the bridge could collapse, Ono ushered the hyraxes back the way they had come. Concerned that the hyraxes could not reach the watering hole, the Guard resolved to help them. Getting an idea, Beshte picked up a large, flat boulder and held it up for the hyraxes to use as a bridge across the ravine.[10]

Dust devil[]

Here come the hyraxes!
―Ono, as some hyraxes get caught up in a dust devil[src]

Upon learning that a dust devil was headed toward Ukuni Woods, the Lion Guard worried that the hyraxes would be in danger. They hastened to the scene and saved some hyraxes from being blown about by the dust devil.[11]

Shujaa's destruction of hyraxes' home[]

They're rock hyraxes, and you just kind of, uh, smashed their home.
―Beshte to Shujaa[src]

In an attempt to help Kifaru reach a water hole, Shujaa smashed a hole in a nearby rock wall. In the process, he inadvertently destroyed some rock hyraxes' home. Though Shujaa harbored guilt over the incident, Beshte resolved to find the hyraxes a new home.[12]

Dhahabu's visit to the Pride Lands[]

Several hyraxes visited Pride Rock so they could witness Queen Dhahabu arriving in the Pride Lands.[13]

Flood at the Great Stone Wall[]

And hyraxes? They'll all be in danger if that water floods the valley!
Anga[src]

When Kion inadvertently opened a fissure in the Great Stone Wall with the Roar, the Lion Guard and their allies struggled to plug up the dam and save several animals that were in the path of the floodwaters. Anga reported that several hyraxes needed rescuing, and she and Bunga saved them.[14]

Battle of the Lion Guards[]

Several hyraxes watched the Battle of the Lion Guards.[15]

Kion's coronation[]

Several hyraxes attended Kion's wedding to Rani at the Tree of Life.[15]

Physical characteristics[]

Awww! It's a stampede of cuteness.
―Beshte on hyraxes stampeding[src]

Hyraxes are small, four-legged mammals. They have short-furred pelts of brown, gold,[4] or tan, with pale eye rims, muzzles, and underbellies. They tend to have large splotches on their backs. Some hyraxes have head tufts. They can have black, brown, or green eyes. Some animals consider hyraxes "cute."[6]

Sociocultural characteristics[]

It's using the scent from the snake skin to mask its own smell. That way, snakes won't detect him. Pretty clever!
―Ono on Pim[src]

There are two types of hyraxes: tree hyraxes and rock hyraxes.[6][12] Most hyraxes in the Pride Lands live in Ukuni Woods.[11] They have been known to eat fruit,[16] leaves,[1] nuts, and seeds.[17] They are preyed upon by crocodiles,[11] hawks,[6] jackals,[2] and snakes. Hyraxes have been known to hide from predators by masking their scent with snake skin.[1]

Notable hyraxes[]

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Revealed in "The Rise of Makuu" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 2. Written by Ford Riley and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired January 15, 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Revealed in "The Kupatana Celebration" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 6. Written by Elise Allen, John Loy, and Ford Riley, and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired February 12, 2016.
  3. Revealed in "Follow that Hippo!" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 9. Written by John Loy and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired March 18, 2016.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Revealed in "Paintings and Predictions" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 11. Written by Elise Allen and Kevin Hopps, and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired April 1, 2016.
  5. Revealed in "Beshte and the Hippo Lanes" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 25. Written by Chelsea Beyl, John Loy, and Jack Monaco, and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired March 17, 2017.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Revealed in "Ono and the Egg" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 4. Written by Elise Allen and directed by Tom Derosier and Howy Parkins. Originally aired July 21, 2017.
  7. Revealed in "The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 5. Written by Ford Riley and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired July 29, 2017.
  8. Revealed in "The Bite of Kenge" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 11. Written by Krista Tucker and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired November 3, 2017.
  9. Revealed in "The Scorpion's Sting" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 17. Written by Krista Tucker and directed by Tom Derosier and Howy Parkins. Originally aired April 2, 2018.
  10. Revealed in "The Wisdom of Kongwe" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 18. Written by Jack Monaco and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired April 3, 2018.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Revealed in "The Zebra Mastermind" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 22. Written by Don Gillies and John Loy, and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired September 5, 2018.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Revealed in "Beshte and the Beast" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 25. Written by Elise Allen and directed by Tom Derosier and Howy Parkins. Originally aired November 12, 2018.
  13. Revealed in "The Queen's Visit" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 27. Written by Don Gillies and John Loy, and directed by Tom Derosier and Howy Parkins. Originally aired February 18, 2019.
  14. Revealed in "Journey to the Pride Lands" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 3, Episode 18. Written by Kendall Michele Haney, John Loy, Kent Redeker, and Ford Riley, and directed by Howy Parkins and Ford Riley. Originally aired November 2, 2019.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Revealed in "Return to the Pride Lands" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 3, Episode 19. Written by Kendall Michele Haney and Ford Riley, and directed by Tom Derosier and Howy Parkins. Originally aired November 3, 2019.
  16. Revealed in "Rescue in the Outlands" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 2, Episode 9. Written by Elise Allen and directed by Tom Derosier and Howy Parkins. Originally aired September 29, 2017.
  17. Revealed in "The Call of the Drongo" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 10. Written by Elise Allen and Kevin Hopps, and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired March 25, 2016.