# Procavia

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{{Short description|Genus of mammal}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) - [Recent](/source/Holocene)
| image = Hyrax on the Rocks.JPG
| image_caption = [Rock hyrax](/source/Rock_hyrax) ''(Procavia capensis)''
| taxon = Procavia
| authority = [Storr](/source/Gottlieb_Conrad_Christian_Storr), 1780
| type_species = ''[Cavia capensis](/source/Procavia_capensis)'' <ref>{{MSW3|id=11400039}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = [Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas), 1766
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
*''[Procavia capensis](/source/Procavia_capensis)''
*{{extinct}}''[Procavia antiqua](/source/Procavia_antiqua)''
*{{extinct}}''[Procavia pliocenica](/source/Procavia_pliocenica)''
*{{extinct}}''[Procavia transvaalensis](/source/Procavia_transvaalensis)''
}}
'''''Procavia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [hyrax](/source/hyrax)es. The [rock hyrax](/source/rock_hyrax) ''(P. capensis)'' is currently the only extant species belonging to this genus, though other species were recognized in the past, including ''P. habessinica'' and ''P. ruficeps'', both now relegated to [subspecific rank](/source/subspecies).

Several fossil species are known as well, the oldest dated to the [Zanclean](/source/Zanclean) (early [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene)), including:
*{{extinct}}''[Procavia antiqua](/source/Procavia_antiqua)'' (syn. ''Procavia robertsi'')<ref name=Werdelin />
*{{extinct}}''[Procavia pliocenica](/source/Procavia_pliocenica)''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pickford |first1=M. |title=Fossil hyraxes (Hyracoidea: Mammalia) from the Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene of Africa, and the phylogeny of the Procaviidae |journal=Palaeontologia Africana |date=2005 |volume=41 |pages=141–161}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Haile-Selassie |first1=Yohannes |title=Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia |date=2009 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520254404 |pages=106}}</ref>
*{{extinct}}''[Procavia transvaalensis](/source/Procavia_transvaalensis)'' (syn. ''Procavia obermeyerae'')<ref name=Werdelin>{{cite book |last1=Werdelin |first1=Lars |last2=Sanders |first2=William Joseph |title=Cenozoic Mammals of Africa |date=2010 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520257214 |pages=142–143}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Procavia}}
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Category:Hyraxes
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Category:Mammal genera
Category:Mammal genera with one living species
Category:Taxa named by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr

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