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Hyracoidea

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Hyracoidea

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Also known as Procaviidae, dassies, hyraxes

REDIRECT Hyrax

OverviewAI-generated

Hyracoidea is an order of mammals within the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. It belongs to the parent taxon Paenungulata and is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The order was described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Common names for the group include hyraxes, klippegrevlinger, klipdasachtigen, and Kletterschliefer.

The order originated about 56 million years ago. Biological records for Hyracoidea are held by institutions including NHMUK, UCMP, and YPM. These records originate from countries such as Libya, South Africa, and Egypt.

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Species

Hyracoidea

ORDER

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderHyracoidea
Observations recorded22,610

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
107
With media
42
Collections
NHMUK, UCMP, YPM
Recorded in
Libya, South Africa, Egypt

Research

60 papers

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Paenungulata
Image
Ein klippschliefer.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Hyraxes
taxon rank
order
taxon name
Hyracoidea
Commons category
Hyracoidea
start time
55800000-0
taxon common name
klippegrevlinger
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

REDIRECT Hyrax

Category:Mammal orders Category:Taxa named by Thomas Henry Huxley

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyracoidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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