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Sylvicapra grimmia (common duiker)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra grimmia was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cephalophus grimmia by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Sylvicapra grimmia by Biewener (1983) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra grimmia Linnaeus p. 70
1911Cephalophus grimmia Thomas p. 153
1983Sylvicapra grimmia Biewener p. 162
2010Sylvicapra grimmia Gentry p. 757

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusSylvicapraOgilby 1837
speciesgrimmia()

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.

Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 [common duiker]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available