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Cephalophus (duiker)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Cephalophus Smith
1988Cephalophus Carroll
1999Cephalophus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Cephalophus Grubb p. 377
2003Cephalophus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212
2008Cephalophus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Cephalophus Gentry p. 757
2021Cephalophus 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
genusCephalophusSmith 1827

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.

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
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
Comments: diet based by MacFadden et al. (1999) on Walker (1975)g
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, MacFadden et al. 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Cephalophus sp. (136913)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Cephalophus sp. (22274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Cephalophus caerulus, Cephalophus pricei (22340)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Cephalophus sp. (21460)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria Cephalophus leporinus, Cephalophus sp. (224087)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Cephalophus sp. (21402)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Cephalophus sylvicultor (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cephalophus sp., Cephalophus monticola (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Cephalophus sp. (21854)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Eswatini Cephalophus monticola (21925)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Cephalophus sp. (22272 22276) Cephalophus sylvicultor (21277)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Cephalophus sp. (21893)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Cephalophus monticola (21917 21918 21930 96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Cephalophus sp. (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Eswatini Cephalophus monticola (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cephalophus sp., Cephalophus sylvicultur, Cephalophus rufilatus, Cephalophus leucogaster, Cephalophus monticola (22073)