Procavia

Procavia; Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
	Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyracoidea
Family:	Procaviidae
Genus:	Procavia; Storr, 1780
Species
	Procavia capensis; †; †; †Procavia transvaalensis;

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:

† (syn. Procavia robertsi)^[1]
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†Procavia transvaalensis (syn. Procavia obermeyerae)^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 142-143. ISBN 9780520257214.
^ Pickford, M. (2005). "Fossil hyraxes (Hyracoidea: Mammalia) from the Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene of Africa, and the phylogeny of the Procaviidae". Palaeontologia Africana. 41: 141–161.
^ Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (2009). Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780520254404.

External links[]

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[Werdelin-1] Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 142-143. ISBN 9780520257214.

[2] Pickford, M. (2005). "Fossil hyraxes (Hyracoidea: Mammalia) from the Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene of Africa, and the phylogeny of the Procaviidae". Palaeontologia Africana. 41: 141–161.

[3] Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (2009). Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780520254404.

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Procavia Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent

Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyracoidea
Family:	Procaviidae
Genus:	Procavia Storr, 1780
Species
Procavia capensis † † †Procavia transvaalensis