Procaviidae

Procavia capensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hyracoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Hyracoidea

Familia: Procaviidae
Genera: Dendrohyrax – Heterohyrax – Procavia – †Gigantohyrax

Name

Procaviidae Thomas, 1892: 51

Synonymy

• Hyracida Haeckel, 1866: CLIX
• Hyracidae Gray, 1821: 306
• Procaviinae Whitworth, 1954
• Procavioidea Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1892. On the Species of the Hyracoidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 50–76. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Haeckel, E. 1866. Generelle Morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-Wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie. Zweiter Band: Allgemeine Entwickelungsgeschichte der Organismen. clx + 462 pp., pls I–VIII. Berlin: Georg Reimer. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shoshani, J. 2005. Order Hyracoidea. Pp. 87–89 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Dassies
čeština: Damanovití
English: hyrax
עברית: שפניים
magyar: Szirtiborzfélék
日本語: イワダヌキ科
македонски: Пештерници
Nederlands: Klipdasachtigen
norsk: Klippegrevlinger
русский: даманы
ไทย: ไฮแรกซ์

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