Cephalophorus niger

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Black 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. 1846-09-01. Description of the species of Cephalophus (H. Smith) in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)18(118):162-168.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319496

Original name as described

Cephalophus niger

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.2.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed3f872b-72d2-4302-9c6b-773c88e92588

Type locality

Guinea Coast.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cephalophus to Cephalophorus

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/1006221

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 niger

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.2.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed3f872b-72d2-4302-9c6b-773c88e92588

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319496

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (1852:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Lydekker (1908:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  6. Schwarz (1914:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19431)
  7. Schwarz (1920:958, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  8. Allen & Coolidge (1930:612, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  9. Bouet (1942:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1991:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  13. Grubb (1993:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  14. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  15. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  16. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  17. Groves & Grubb (2011:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4145/50183437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalophus pluto

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pluto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835961

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Cephalophorus niger

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006221

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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