Procavia syriaca

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 699 meters (0 to 2,293 feet).Mean = 409.630 meters (1,343.930 feet), Standard Deviation = 264.150 based on 559 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Ungulata () - (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
        Mirorder: Altungulata () - (Prothero & Schoch, 1989) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Order: Uranotheria () - M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Suborder: Hyracoidea () - (Huxley, 1869) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Family: Procaviidae () - Thomas, 1892
        Genus: Procavia ()
        Specific name: syriaca - (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)
        Scientific name: - Procavia syriaca (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)