Procaviidae Thomas 1892

Procaviidae Thomas 1892, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892: 51.

Synonyms: Hyracida Haeckel 1866; Hyracidae Gray 1821; Procaviinae Whitworth 1954; Procavioidea Kalandadze and Rautian 1992 .

Genera: 3 genera with 4 species:

Genus Dendrohyrax Gray 1868 (2 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Heterohyrax Gray 1868 (1 species with 25 subspecies)

Genus Procavia Storr 1780 (1 species with 17 subspecies)

Discussion: Hyracidae Gray, 1821, is a group name based on Hyrax Hermann, 1783 . Revised by Hahn (1934:207). Roche (1972) retained only Procavia and Dendrohyrax but Hoeck (1978) and Meester et al. (1986:178) retained Procavia, Heterohyrax, and Dendrohyrax as separate genera. A modern key to the genera was developed by Meester et al. (1986).