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Procavia capensis (Cape hyrax)
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) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
It was recombined as Hyrax capensis by Hermann (1783); it was recombined as Procavia capensis by Storr (1783), Olds and Shoshani (1982), Pickford (2005) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1766 | Cavia capensis Pallas p. 30 |
1783 | Hyrax capensis Hermann |
1783 | Procavia capensis Storr |
1982 | Procavia capensis Olds and Shoshani p. 1 |
2005 | Procavia capensis Pickford p. 160 figs. Figure 15 |
2010 | Procavia capensis Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 142 |
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Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 [Cape hyrax]
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Procavia capensis johnstoni Thomas 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available