Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Paenungulata
Ordo: Hyracoidea
Familia: Procaviidae
Genus: Procavia
Species: P. capensis – †P. antiqua – †P. pliocenica – †P. transvaalensis
Name
Procavia Storr, 1780
Type species: Cavia capensis Pallas, 1766, by monotypy
Synonymy
Euhyrax Gray, 1868: 46
Hyrax Hermann, 1783: 115
Procavia Storr, 1780: 39
References
Primary references
Storr, G.C.C. 1780. Prodromus methodi mammalium. Reissianis: Tübingen. 43 pp. MDZ Reference page.
Hermann, J. 1783. Tabula affinitatum animalium olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore commentario illustrata com annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium augendam facientibus. Joh. Georgii Treuttel. Argentorati [Strasbourg]. i–xvi, 1–371 BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1868. Revision of the Species of Hyrax, founded on the Specimens in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, 1(1): 35–51. DOI: 10.1080/00222936808695635 Paywall BHL Reference page.
Links
Procavia in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
suomi: Kalliotamaanit
日本語: ハイラックス属
ไทย: ไฮแรกซ์
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
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 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.
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