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Cephalophus monticola (blue duiker)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Cephalophus monticola was named by Thunberg (1789). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Cephalophus monticola Thunberg
2008Cephalophus monticola Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
genusCephalophusSmith 1827
speciesmonticolaThunberg 1789

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.

Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 [blue duiker]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 11:04:17
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:04:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1999, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cephalophus monticola (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Cephalophus monticola (21925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cephalophus monticola (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Cephalophus monticola (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Cephalophus monticola (21917 21918 21930 96973)