| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Hyracoidea
- ---- family: Procaviidae
- ----- species: Procavia capensis
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| Characteristics: | herbivore; body-length: 50 cm; this stockily built animal has a dark brown to light grey fur (depending on the area); on the back is a patch of darker hair; it has prominent upper incisors; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1201
- Albany thickets
- AT1202
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 176 |
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