Cephalophorus natalensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Natal Red 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

Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)3(1):209-224.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968335

Original name as described

Cephalopus Natalensis

Other common names

Harvey's Duiker

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.4.11.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/66ce3f2c-0610-4ae7-b6b9-d71f599b0d8f

Type locality

Port Natal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Mozambique · Malawi · South Africa · Eswatini · Zambia · Somalia · Kenya · Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cephalophus to Cephalophorus; includes harveyi, which was considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011, although some publications retain the species as distinct; harveyi is tentatively retained under this species until further research is conducted; 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. · Kingdon, J. and Rovero, F. 2013. Cephalophus harveyi Harvey's Duiker. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa, pp. 261-264. Bloomsbury, London, UK. · 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/1006220

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.

Cephalopus Natalensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.4.11.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/66ce3f2c-0610-4ae7-b6b9-d71f599b0d8f

Authority page

217

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968335

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Smith (1841:pl. 32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67648)

Antilope Natalensis

(E. Blyth, 1840)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918354

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)

Cephalophorus Natalensis

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729884

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1843:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Cephalophus natalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595054

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1851:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69321)
  3. Gray (1852:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Blyth (1863:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Gray (1872:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  6. Pagenstecher (1885:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)
  7. Wroughton (1907:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  8. Lydekker (1908:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  9. Ward (1910:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  10. Roberts (1913:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  11. Schwarz (1914:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19431)
  12. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:529, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  13. Schwarz (1920:941, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  14. Roberts (1937:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  15. Bouet (1942:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  16. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  17. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  18. Corbet & Hill (1991:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  19. Grubb (1993:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  20. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  21. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4144/50183272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalolophus Natalensis

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580330

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Cephalolophus Harveyi

(O. Thomas, 1893)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

harveyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.12.3.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2dec0014-3044-4100-9039-99ecc16ade7c

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734315

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Matschie (1895:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Cephalophus natalensis Vassei

(Trouessart, 1906)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vassei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1911-2336

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892046

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Cephalophus robertsi

(W. Rothschild, 1906)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

robertsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Tring (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

691

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208426

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus harveyi

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

harveyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741373

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Roberts (1913:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Allen & Loveridge (1927:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
  5. Grubb (1993:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  6. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  8. Groves & Grubb (2011:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4154/50184807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalophus natalensis amoenus

(Wroughton, 1911)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

amoenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.7.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa4653ca-3c92-4909-81f1-e5d478601aa5

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617075

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Schwarz (1920:958, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus natalensis bradshawi

(Wroughton, 1911)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bradshawi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b3bef8f-7121-4e8d-a237-f439701a980a

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617076

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cephalophus harveyi keniae

(Lönnberg, 1912)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

keniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638822

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cephalophus natalensis harveyi

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

harveyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

530

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360513

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:530, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  2. Schwarz (1920:958, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus natalensis keniae

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

keniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

958

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:958, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Cephalophus natalensis natalensis

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

958

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929

Authority publication

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

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:958, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus natalensis robertsi

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

robertsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

958

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:958, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Cephalophus harveyi bottegoi

(De Beaux, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bottegoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57804010

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano

Name usages

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

Cephalophus harveyi harveyi

(G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1927)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

harveyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

439

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Allen & Loveridge (1927:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)

Cephalophus natalensis lebombo

(A. Roberts, 1936)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lebombo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

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