Procavia

{{Short description|Genus of mammal}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Pliocene - Recent

| image = Hyrax on the Rocks.JPG

| image_caption = Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)

| taxon = Procavia

| authority = Storr, 1780

| type_species = Cavia capensis {{MSW3|id=11400039}}

| type_species_authority = Pallas, 1766

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Procavia capensis
• {{extinct}}Procavia antiqua
• {{extinct}}Procavia pliocenica
• {{extinct}}Procavia transvaalensis

}}

Procavia is a genus of hyraxes. The 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.

Several fossil species are known as well, the oldest dated to the Early Pliocene, including:

• {{extinct}}Procavia antiqua (syn. Procavia robertsi)
• {{extinct}}Procavia pliocenica{{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}}{{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}}
• {{extinct}}Procavia transvaalensis (syn. Procavia obermeyerae){{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}}