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Procavia (Cape hyrax)
Taxonomy
Procavia was named by Storr (1780). It is extant.
It was assigned to Procaviidae by Olds and Shoshani (1982), Rasmussen and Simons (1988), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Nowak (1991), Rasmussen et al. (1996), Pickford (2005) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
It was assigned to Procaviidae by Olds and Shoshani (1982), Rasmussen and Simons (1988), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Nowak (1991), Rasmussen et al. (1996), Pickford (2005) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1780 | Procavia Storr p. 40 |
1783 | Hyrax Herman p. 115 |
1825 | Hyrax Gray p. 342 |
1848 | Hyrax Owen p. 139 |
1868 | Euhyrax Gray p. 46 |
1982 | Procavia Olds and Shoshani p. 1 |
1988 | Procavia Carroll |
1988 | Procavia Rasmussen and Simons p. 68 |
1989 | Procavia Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
1991 | Procavia Nowak |
1996 | Procavia Rasmussen et al. p. 746 |
2005 | Procavia Pickford p. 152 |
2010 | Procavia Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 142 |
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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.
G. Procavia Storr 1780 [Cape hyrax]
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†Procavia antiqua Broom 1934
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 [Cape hyrax]
Procavia capensis johnstoni Thomas 1894
†Procavia obermeyerae Broom 1937
†Procavia pliocenica Pickford 2005
†Procavia robertsi Broom and Schepers 1946
†Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937
Invalid names: Euhyrax Gray 1868 [synonym], Hyrax Herman 1783 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available