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Heterohyrax brucei (rock hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Taxonomy
Hyrax brucei was named by Gray (1868). It is extant.

It was recombined as Procavia brucei by Lönnberg (1912); it was recombined as Heterohyrax brucei by Rasmussen et al. (1996), Barry and Shoshani (2000), Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Hyrax brucei Gray p. 44
1868Dendrohyrax (Heterohyrax) blainvillii Gray p. 50
1901Procavia pumila Thomas p. 201
1912Procavia brucei Lönnberg p. 112
1996Heterohyrax brucei Rasmussen et al. p. 745
2000Heterohyrax brucei Barry and Shoshani p. 1
2010Heterohyrax brucei Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 143

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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
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusHeterohyrax(Gray 1868)
speciesbrucei(Gray 1868)

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.

Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 [rock hyrax]
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Invalid names: Dendrohyrax (Heterohyrax) blainvillii Gray 1868 [synonym], Procavia pumila Thomas 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available