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Procavia capensis (Cape hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Taxonomy
Cavia capensis was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hyrax capensis by Hermann (1783); it was recombined as Procavia capensis by Storr (1783), Olds and Shoshani (1982), Pickford (2005), Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).

Subspecies
P. johnstoni
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. syriaca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Cavia capensis Pallas p. 30
1783Hyrax capensis Hermann
1783Procavia capensis Storr
1982Procavia capensis Olds and Shoshani p. 1
2005Procavia capensis Pickford p. 160 figs. Figure 15
2010Procavia capensis Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusProcaviaStorr 1780
speciescapensis(Pallas 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 [Cape hyrax]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:17:36
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Procavia capensis (21826)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia capensis (21695 21823 21829 21915 21916 21929 21956 115191 115205)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Procavia capensis (21867)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Procavia capensis (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Procavia johnstoni (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Procavia capensis (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Procavia capensis (21924)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Procavia capensis (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Procavia capensis (192424 192425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia capensis (90070 96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Procavia capensis (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia capensis (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Procavia capensis (21862 21866 21914 21918 21930 21940 21946 96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Procavia capensis (21858 21861 21897 21908 21909 21911 21912 21943)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Procavia capensis (21927 21955)