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Cephalophus  C. H. Smith, 1827
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183848

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): forest duikers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyBovidae Gray, 1821 – antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids  
                                     SubfamilyAntilopinae Gray, 1821  
                                        TribeCephalophini Blyth, 1863  
                                           GenusCephalophus C. H. Smith, 1827 – forest duikers  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Cephalophus adersi Thomas, 1918 – Aders's Duiker, Aders' Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus arrhenii Lönnberg, 1917 – Uele White-bellied Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus brookei Thomas, 1903 – Brooke's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus callipygus Peters, 1876 – Peters's Duiker, Peters' Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus castaneus Thomas, 1892 – Eastern Bay Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus crusalbum Grubb, 1978 – White-legged Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus curticeps Grubb and Groves, 2001 – Eastern Yellow-backed Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus dorsalis Gray, 1846 – Western Bay Duiker, Bay Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus fosteri St. Leger, 1934 – Mount Elgon Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus harveyi Thomas, 1893 – Harvey's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus hooki St. Leger, 1934 – Mount Kenya Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus hypoxanthus Grubb and Groves, 2002 – Itombwe Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus jentinki Thomas, 1892 – Jentink's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus johnstoni Thomas, 1901 – Johnston's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus lestradei Groves and Grubb, 1974 – Lestrade's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus leucogaster Gray, 1873 – Western White-bellied Duiker, White-bellied Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus natalensis A. Smith, 1834 – Natal Red Duiker, Natal duiker, Red Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus niger Gray, 1846 – Black Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray, 1871 – Black-fronted Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus ogilbyi (Waterhouse, 1838) – Ogilby's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus rubidus Thomas, 1901 – Ruwenzori Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus rufilatus Gray, 1846 – Red-flanked Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius, 1815) – Western Yellow-backed Duiker, ligit-backed duiker, Yellow-backed Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus spadix True, 1890 – Abbott's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus weynsi Thomas, 1901 – Weyns's Duiker 
                                              Species Cephalophus zebra Gray, 1838 – striped-backed duiker, Zebra Duiker 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Cephalophus    
       
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Cephalophus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cephalophus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora   
  Page(s): 535   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-350   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cephalophus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Cephalophus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cephalophus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Cephalophus   
       

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