Cephalophorus ogilbyi

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Ogilby'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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1838-07. Mr. Waterhouse brought before the notice of the Meeting an extremely interesting series of skins of Mammalia, which had recently been given to the Society's Museum by George Knapp, Esq., who had received them from the Island of Fernando Po. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838(65):57-61.

Original name as described

Antilope Ogilbyi

Other common names

White-legged Duiker

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.403

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea, Fernando Po.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cephalophus to Cephalophorus; includes crusalbum, which was considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; may include brookei, although the species is tentatively retained as distinct here; 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. 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

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