Hyraceum (/ h aɪ ˈ r eɪ s i ə m /) is the petrified and rock-like excrement composed of both urine and feces of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and closely related species. The rock hyrax defecates in the same location over generations, which may be sheltered in caves.

A rock hyrax midden is a stratified accumulation of fecal pellets and a brown amber-like a urinary product known as hyraceum excreted by the rock hyrax and closely related species. [1]

Hyraceum, or Hyrax, is an aromatic raw material of the antique perfumery. However, men used this material much before they started to use it in perfumery. The African tribesman and people of the Middle East used Hyraceum as a traditional remedy for epilepsy, kidney problems, convulsions and feminine hormonal disorders.

2007年12月1日 · HYRACEUM, AN ACCRETION OF URINE AND dung of rock hyraxes (also known as rock dassies), when fossilized with age, has been used in South Africa for the traditional treatment of epilepsy. We report...

2012年11月21日 · Rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) are herbivores that are common throughout southern Africa, and that have the particular habit of defecating in the same location over many generations (Scott, 1990a). These locations, often sheltered in caves, become covered in faecal pellets and accumulations of dried urine.

Hyraceum is an essence derived from an animal commonly called daman des Rochers or Cape daman. It is a rodent of the ungulate family, the size of a hare and similar to a large marmot, that has two small characteristic fangs and lives in caves.

Hyraceum, a unique fossil metabolic product, is obtained from the urine and faeces of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), a small mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. The rock hyrax produces a distinctive resin-like substance through the fermentation of its waste products, which has been used for centuries in traditional African and ...

2012年8月4日 · Hyraceum is formed from the urine of a Hyrax or Dassie. The urine is not as fluid as that of other mammals but is rather passed as a jelly like substance. Hyraxes will always use the same place, mostly caves or anfractuosities to urinate and a different place to defecate.

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2011年6月1日 · Hyraceum, or Hyrax, is an aromatic raw material of the antique perfumery. However, men used this material for other reasons, much before they started to use it in perfumery. The African tribesman and people of the Middle East used Hyraceum as a traditional remedy for epilepsy, kidney problems, convulsions and feminine hormonal disorders.