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Procavia

genus of mammals found mainly in Africa
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q2733577
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Procavia

Summary

Procavia is a monotypic taxon[1]. Procavia has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Procavia's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Procavia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Procavia belongs to the parent taxon Procaviidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Procavia is Procavia[6].
  • Procavia's Commons category is recorded as Procavia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Procavia is Cavia capensis[8].
  • Procavia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Procavia[9].
  • Procavia's taxon synonym is recorded as Hyrax[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Procavia is Procavia[6]. Procavia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Procavia is classified within Procaviidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Procavia is Cavia capensis[8].

Identifiers

Procavia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43085[11]. Procavia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9812[12]. Procavia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14301[13]. Procavia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437053[14]. Procavia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584899[15].

Why It Matters

Procavia has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Procavia is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . digitale-sammlungen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Leptictidium · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zoobank id for name or act → BBAFB95F-B40D-4B16-BCEC-9F9643E8C2E3
    Adw taxon id → Procavia
    Taxon rank → —
    Itis tsn → 584899
    + 53 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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