''Procavia'' is a genus of
hyrax
Hyraxes (), also called dassies, are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. Typically, they measure between long and weigh between . They are superficially simil ...
es. The
rock hyrax
The rock hyrax (; ''Procavia capensis''), also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and (in the King James Bible) coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. Commonly referred to in South Africa as the das ...
''(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.
Several fossil species are known as well, the oldest dated to the
Early Pliocene
Early may refer to:
History
* The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.:
** Early Christianity
** Early modern Europe
Places in the United States
* Early, Iowa
* Early, Texas
* Early ...
, including:
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Procavia antiqua'' (syn. ''Procavia robertsi'')
*''
Procavia pliocenica''
*''
Procavia transvaalensis'' (syn. ''Procavia obermeyerae'')
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Mammal genera
Mammal genera with one living species
Taxa named by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr
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