Leucocephalophus adersi

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Aders's Duiker

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Cephalophini
Genus : Leucocephalophus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1918-08-01. A new duiker from Zanzibar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)2(8):151-152.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630864

Original name as described

Cephalophus adersi

Other common names

Zanzibar Duiker

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1918.5.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0ca5e75-8351-4700-8487-4d80fdcc8d43

Type locality

Zanzibar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Kenya · Somalia?

Taxonomy notes

moved to the recently described genus Leucocephalophus

Taxonomy notes citation

Bärmann, E. V., Fonseca, V. G., Langen, K., & Kaleme, P. (2022). New insights into the taxonomy of duiker antelopes (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the formal description of a new genus. Mammalian Biology, 1-17.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006214

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cephalophus adersi

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

adersi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.5.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0ca5e75-8351-4700-8487-4d80fdcc8d43

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630864

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4137/50182159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalophus callipygus adersi

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

adersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

959

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763930

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:959, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Leucocephalophus adersi

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

adersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006214

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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