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Cephalophini

Mammalia - 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) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
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
G. Sylvicapra Ogilby 1837 [duiker]
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Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 [common duiker]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available