Family Procaviidae Thomas 1892 (hyrax)
PaleoDB taxon number: 43293
Synonym: Hyracidae Gray 1821 (taxon 77294)
Parent taxon: Hyracoidea according to D. T. Rasmussen et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Dimaitherium, Namahyrax, Pliohyracidae, Procaviamorpha, Pseudhippomorpha, Rukwalorax, Titanohyracidae
Subtaxa: Dendrohyrax, Gigantohyrax, Heterohyrax, Hyracina, Procavia, Prohyrax
Ecology: scansorial herbivore