Cephalophorus rufilatus

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Red-flanked 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/2319497

Original name as described

Cephalophus rufilatus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.2.8, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2d1ffb1-77b5-4c67-9cf6-52acd09a7cf0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5d84ab6-1a20-4ba0-b9cc-a5d69ad79d8f

Type locality

Gambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda

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/1006224

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.

Antilope grimmia

(A. G. Desmarest, 1816)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grimmia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21108027

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Cephalophus rufilatus

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufilatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.2.8, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2d1ffb1-77b5-4c67-9cf6-52acd09a7cf0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5d84ab6-1a20-4ba0-b9cc-a5d69ad79d8f

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319497

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 (1852:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Sclater (1872:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Rochebrune (1883:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  7. Thomas & Wroughton (1907:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16293)
  8. Lydekker (1908:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  9. Ward (1910:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  10. Schwarz (1914:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19431)
  11. Schwarz (1920:940, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  12. Zimara (1935:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  13. Bouet (1942:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  14. Eisentraut (1963:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  16. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  17. Corbet & Hill (1991:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  18. Grubb (1993:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  19. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  20. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  21. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4149/50183959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalophus rufilatus Cuvieri

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354518

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Cephalophus rufilatus rubidior

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rubidior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.221

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cb0df24c-be0a-4e33-a6e4-8ee21fe91074

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254845

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas & Wroughton (1907:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16293)
  2. Schwarz (1920:940, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  3. Bouet (1942:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  4. Eisentraut (1963:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cephalophus rufilatus rufilatus

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufilatus

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. Bouet (1942:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)

Cephalophorus rufilatus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufilatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006224

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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