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
Type species
Cavia capensis [1] Pallas, 1766
Species
Procavia capensis † Procavia antiqua † Procavia pliocenica † 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:

• † Procavia antiqua (syn. Procavia robertsi) ^[2]
• † Procavia pliocenica ^{[3] [4]}
• † Procavia transvaalensis (syn. Procavia obermeyerae) ^[2]

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 142–143. ISBN   9780520257214.
3. 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.
4. Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (2009). Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN   9780520254404.

External links

• Data related to Procavia at Wikispecies
• Media related to Procavia at Wikimedia Commons