Cephalophorus brookei

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Brooke's Duiker

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-03-01. A new duiker from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11(63):289-291.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367837

Original name as described

Cephalophus Brookei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/70b714c4-9a20-40fa-830a-eb054191d8d5

Type locality

Fanti, Cape Coast (Ghana).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Guinea?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cephalophus to Cephalophorus; may be included under C. ogilbyi, although the species is tentatively retained as distinct here

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Kingdon, J. 2013. Cephalophus ogilbyi Ogilby's Duiker. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa. Volume VI: Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer, and Bovids, pp. 273-275. Bloomsbury Publishing, London. · 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/1006215

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 Brookei

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

brookei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/70b714c4-9a20-40fa-830a-eb054191d8d5

Authority page

290

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367837

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:@unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Cephalophus ogilbyi brookei

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

brookei

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

  1. Schwarz (1920:959, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Allen & Coolidge (1930:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  3. Bouet (1942:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)

Cephalophorus brookei

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

brookei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006215

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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