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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:	2012

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates
	Family	Bovidae Gray, 1821 – antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids
	Subfamily	Cephalophinae Blyth, 1863
	Genus	Cephalophus C. H. Smith, 1827 – forest duikers
		Direct Children:
	Species	Cephalophus adersi Thomas, 1918 – Aders's duiker, Aders' Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus brookei Thomas, 1903 – Brooke's Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus callipygus Peters, 1876 – Peters' Duiker, Peters's duiker
	Species	Cephalophus dorsalis Gray, 1846 – bay duiker, Bay Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus jentinki Thomas, 1892 – Jentink's duiker, Jentink's Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus leucogaster Gray, 1873 – White-bellied Duiker, white-bellied duiker
	Species	Cephalophus natalensis A. Smith, 1834 – Natal duiker, Red Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus niger Gray, 1846 – black duiker, Black Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray, 1871 – Black-fronted Duiker, black-fronted duiker
	Species	Cephalophus ogilbyi (Waterhouse, 1838) – Ogilby's duiker, Ogilby's Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus rufilatus Gray, 1846 – red-flanked duiker, Red-flanked Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius, 1815) – ligit-backed duiker, yellow-backed duiker, Yellow-backed Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus spadix True, 1890 – Abbott's Duiker, Abbott's duiker
	Species	Cephalophus weynsi Thomas, 1901 – Weyns's duiker, Weyns's Duiker
	Species	Cephalophus zebra Gray, 1838 – striped-backed duiker, zebra 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):	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

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: Van Gelder (1977b) included Sylvicapra but recent authors have not followed this arrangement (Meester et al. 1986; Swanepoel et al. 1980:188). Jansen van Vuuren and Robinson (2001) together with Grubb and Groves (2002) categorized species groups as follows: C. ogilbyi or Cephalophorus group (includes three subgroups: [i] adersi, [ii] leucogaster, natalensis, nigrifrons, rufilatus, [iii] brookei, callipygus, niger, ogilbyi, weynsi); C. silvicultor or nominate Cephalophus group (includes also...

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