Cephalophorus leucogaster

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

White-bellied 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

Gray, J.E. 1873-07-01. Description of two new species of bush-buck (Cephalophus) from Western Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)12(67):42-44.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214104

Original name as described

Cephalophus leucogaster

Other common names

Gaboon Duiker · Eastern White-bellied Duiker · Western White-bellied Duiker · Uele White-bellied Duiker

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1861.7.29.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb8bb116-bb1b-441e-b211-0e6f23e878f8

Type locality

Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Angola? · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cephalophus to Cephalophorus; includes arrhenii, which was considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · 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/1006219

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 leucogaster

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.7.29.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb8bb116-bb1b-441e-b211-0e6f23e878f8

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214104

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schwarz (1914:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19431)
  3. Schwarz (1920:939, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  4. Bouet (1942:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Grubb (1993:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  9. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  11. Groves & Grubb (2011:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4141/50182823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalophus castaneus arrhenii

(Lönnberg, 1917)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

arrhenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41919153

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Cephalophus dorsalis arrhenii

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

arrhenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

937

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763908

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:937, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Cephalophus leucogaster seke

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

seke

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus leucogaster arrhenii

(Grubb, 2005)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

arrhenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus leucogaster leucogaster

(Grubb, 2005)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus arrhenii

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

arrhenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

728

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:@unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Cephalophorus leucogaster

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006219

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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