Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 (Cape hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Alternative combinations: Cavia capensis, Hyrax capensis
Belongs to Procavia according to N. Olds and J. Shoshani 1982
See also Pickford 2005 and Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010
Sister taxa: Procavia antiqua, Procavia obermeyerae, Procavia pliocenica, Procavia robertsi, Procavia transvaalensis
Subtaxa: Procavia capensis johnstoni
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Israel (3), South Africa (38), Swaziland (2), Zambia (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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