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Cephalophini

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Cephalophini was named by Blyth (1863) [also attributed to Gray 1873]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Cephalophinae by Grubb (2001), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

It was assigned to Bovidae by Grubb (2001), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010); and to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Calamari (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Cephalophini Blyth
1999Cephalophini Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Cephalophinae Grubb p. 377
2003Cephalophini Hassanin and Douzery p. 223
2008Cephalophinae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5
2010Cephalophini Gentry p. 756
2021Cephalophini Calamari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCephalophiniBlyth 1863
tribeCephalophiniBlyth 1863

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Cephalophini Blyth 1863
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G. Cephalophus Smith 1827 [duiker]
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Cephalophus adersi Thomas 1918
Cephalophus dorsalis Gray 1849 [bay duiker]
Cephalophus harveyi Thomas 1893
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 [blue duiker]
Cephalophus ogilby Waterhouse 1838
Cephalophus rubidus Thomas 1901
Cephalophus sylvicultor Afzelius 1815 [yellow-backed duiker]
Cephalophus weynsi Thomas 1901
G. Philantomba Blkyth 1840
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Philantomba maxwellii Hamilton Smith 1827 [Maxwell's duiker]
Philantomba monticola Thurnburg 1789 [blue duiker]
G. Sylvicapra Ogilby 1837 [duiker]
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Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 [common duiker]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Cephalophini indet. (22320)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Cephalophus sp. (136913)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Cephalophini indet. (22275) Cephalophus sp. (22274)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Cephalophini indet. (22234)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Cephalophus caerulus, Cephalophus pricei (22340)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Cephalophini indet. (21789 21801 21810)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Cephalophus sp. (21460)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria Cephalophus leporinus, Cephalophus sp. (224087)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania Cephalophini indet. (21974)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Cephalophus sp. (21402)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Sylvicapra grimmia (21929 21956)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Cephalophini indet., Cephalophus sylvicultor (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Sylvicapra grimmia (21950 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp. (21854) Sylvicapra grimmia (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Eswatini Cephalophus monticola (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cephalophus sp., Cephalophus monticola (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Sylvicapra grimmia (21868)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Sylvicapra sp. (22557 22582)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Cephalophus sp. (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Cephalophini indet. (21276) Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp. (22272 22276) Cephalophus sylvicultor (21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Sylvicapra grimmia (32090 32113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Sylvicapra grimmia (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Sylvicapra grimmia (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Sylvicapra grimmia (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Sylvicapra grimmia (32115 32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Sylvicapra grimmia (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Sylvicapra grimmia (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp. (21895) Sylvicapra grimmia (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Cephalophus monticola (21917 21918 21930) Cephalophus monticola, Sylvicapra grimmia (96973) Sylvicapra grimmia (21896 21921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Sylvicapra grimmia (21903 208786 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Sylvicapra grimmia (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Sylvicapra grimmia (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Cephalophini indet. (22310) Sylvicapra grimmia (21933 21938 21959)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Sylvicapra grimmia (21909 21911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cephalophus sp., Cephalophus sylvicultur, Cephalophus rufilatus, Cephalophus leucogaster, Cephalophus monticola (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Eswatini Cephalophus monticola, Sylvicapra grimmia (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Sylvicapra grimmia (32107)