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Cephalophus H. Smith 1827

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Description

Cephalophus H. Smith, 1827. In Griffith et al., Animal Kingdom, 5:344.

TYPE SPECIES: Antilope silvicultrix Afzelius, 1815.

SYNONYMS: Cephalophella, Cephalophia, Cephalophidium, Cephalophops, Cephalophorus, Cephalophula, Guevei, Philantomba, Potamotragus, Terpone.

COMMENTS: Van Gelder (1977b) included Sylvicapra. However, recent authors have not followed this arrangement; see Swanepoel et al. (1980:188) and Meester et al. (1986).

Notes

Published as part of Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 377-414 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 410, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359189

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
H. Smith
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Bovidae
Genus
Cephalophus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cephalophus Smith, 1827 sec. Grubb, 1993

References

  • Van Gelder, R. G. 1977 b. Mammalian hybrids and generic limits. American Museum Novitates, 2635: 1 - 25.
  • Swanepoel, P., R. H. N. Smithers, and I. L. Rautenbach. 1980. A checklist and numbering system of the extant mammals of the Southern African Subregion. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 32: 155 - 196.
  • Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359.