Dendrohyrax arboreus

(A. Smith, 1827)

Southern Tree Hyrax

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Hyracoidea
Family : Procaviidae
Genus : Dendrohyrax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1827-12-20. Descriptions of two Quadrupeds inhabiting the South of Africa, about the Cape of Good Hope. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(2):460-470.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/778737

Original name as described

Hyrax arboreus

Other common names

Tree Dassie

Type locality

South Africa, Western Cape Prov., forests of Cape of Good Hope.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Malawi · Zambia · Mozambique · Angola · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

previously included D. validus

Taxonomy notes citation

Roberts, D., Topp-Jørgensen, E. and Moyer, D. 2013. Dendrohyrax validus Eastern Tree Hyrax. In: J.S. Kingdon, D.C.D. Happold, M. Hoffmann, T.M. Butynski, M. Happold and J. Kalina (eds), Mammals of Africa. VolumeI: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria, Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000524

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Procavia mima

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

mima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.6.28.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7b67c66-34dc-47d0-a5e2-ad10a7784aa8

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15629844

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Procavia bettoni

(O. Thomas & Schwann, 1904)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

bettoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.1.3.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3df7cc80-41e7-4a49-a1d0-c0858c52b0ae

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887652

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Dendrohyrax) crawshayi

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

crawshayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.4.1.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e22df89-90dc-4c7c-98ce-176c9ef60145

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35994422

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Allen (1909:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Dendrohyrax) ruwenzorii

(O. R. Neumann, 1902)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

ruwenzorii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.43

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b14a34b-4299-498c-8b85-1fb3fd219b02

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543216

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Dendrohyrax crawshayi laikipia

Dollman, 1911

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

laikipia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.4.6.79

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/662c98b0-3c76-4715-ab20-447d21a81d77

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616924

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Dendrohyrax arboreus braueri

H. Hahn, 1933

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

braueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 4888

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45343017

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Dendrohyrax scheelei

Matschie, 1895

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

scheelei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835483

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Dendrohyrax stuhlmanni

Matschie, 1895

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

stuhlmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835484

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Dendrohyrax arboreus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

arboreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6409/21282806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

mimus

Shoshani, 2005

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

mimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

87

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Shoshani (2005:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Dendrohyrax arboreus adolfifriederici

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

adolfifriederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Dendrohyrax arboreus arboreus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

arboreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Dendrohyrax arboreus bettoni

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

bettoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Dendrohyrax arboreus crawshayi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

crawshayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Dendrohyrax arboreus ruwenzorii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

ruwenzorii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Dendrohyrax arboreus stuhlmanni

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

stuhlmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hyrax arboreus

(A. Smith, 1827)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

arboreus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

468

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/778737

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Procavia stuhlmanni

(Matschie, 1892)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

stuhlmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790576

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Dendrohyrax) adolfi-friederici

(Brauer, 1913)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

adolfifriederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43606994

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Dendrohyrax) scheffleri

(Brauer, 1913)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

scheffleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43606992

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Heterohyrax) schubotzi

(Brauer, 1913)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

schubotzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43606996

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Dendrohyrax) vilhelmi

(Lönnberg, 1916)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

vilhelmi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6412089

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

Procavia (Heterohyrax) helgei

(Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925)

Family

Procaviidae

Root name

helgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9706)

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