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Common Rock Hyrax
Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Hyracoidea - hyraxes »  family Procaviidae - hyraxes

Other names

= Cape Hyrax
= Dassie
= Rock Hyrax

IUCN category:Least Concern

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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Caracal caracal (Schreber, 1776) - Caracal, Leptailurus serval (Schreber, 1776) - Serval, Panthera pardus nimr Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 - Arabian Leopard, Panthera pardus pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) - African Leopard

Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 17

subspecies Procavia capensis bamendae Brauer, 1913
subspecies Procavia capensis capensis (Pallas, 1766) - Cape Hyrax

Procavia capensis capensis - Cape Hyrax

subspecies Procavia capensis capillosa Brauer, 1917
subspecies Procavia capensis erlangeri Neumann, 1901
subspecies Procavia capensis habessinica Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832 - Abyssinian Hyrax

Procavia capensis habessinica - Abyssinian Hyrax

subspecies Procavia capensis jacksoni Thomas, 1900
subspecies Procavia capensis jayakari Thomas, 1892
subspecies Procavia capensis johnstoni Thomas, 1894 - Johnston's Hyrax

Procavia capensis johnstoni - Johnston's Hyrax

subspecies Procavia capensis kerstingi Matschie, 1899
subspecies Procavia capensis mackinderi Thomas, 1900

Procavia capensis mackinderi

subspecies Procavia capensis matschiei Neumann, 1900
subspecies Procavia capensis pallida Thomas, 1891
subspecies Procavia capensis ruficeps Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832 - Western Hyrax

Procavia capensis ruficeps - Western Hyrax

subspecies Procavia capensis scioana (Giglioli, 1888)
subspecies Procavia capensis sharica Thomas & Wroughton, 1907
subspecies Procavia capensis syriaca Schreber, 1784 - Syrian Hyrax

Procavia capensis syriaca - Syrian Hyrax

subspecies Procavia capensis welwitschii Gray, 1868 - Kakoveld Hyrax

Links and literature

EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Procavia capensis Pallas, 1766]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766)]

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