Procavia: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Hyracoidea
Family
Procaviidae
Genus
Procavia
Species
Scientific Name
Procavia

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Procavia

Procavia is a genus of hyraxes. The rock hyrax (P. capensis) is currently the only extant species belonging to this genus, though other species were recognized in the past, including P. habessinica and P. ruficeps, both now relegated to subspecific rank.

Several fossil species are known as well, the oldest dated to the Early Pliocene, including:

  • Procavia antiqua (syn. Procavia robertsi)
  • Procavia pliocenica
  • Procavia transvaalensis (syn. Procavia obermeyerae)
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Procavia in languages:

Afrikaans
Klipdassie
Dutch
Das
English
Rock Dassies
Finnish
kalliotamaanit
German
Klippschliefer
Japanese
ハイラックス属
Russian
Скалистые даманы

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