Cephalophorus rubidus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Rwenzori 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-10. On the more notable mammals obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in the Uganda Protectorate. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901-II(1):85-90.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888518

Original name as described

Cephalophus rubidus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.65

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4fe26b4-87e1-4fec-8886-17628fdc0393

Type locality

"Ruwenzori District," Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Taxonomy notes

split from C. nigrifrons based on sympatry, morphological distinctions, and by being molecularly closer to C. niger; moved from Cephalophus to Cephalophorus

Taxonomy notes citation

Kingdon, J. (2013). Cephalophus rubidus Rwenzori Red Duiker. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa Volume 6, Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids, pp. 253-254. Bloomsbury, 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006596

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 rubidus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.65

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4fe26b4-87e1-4fec-8886-17628fdc0393

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888518

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (1993:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Cephalophus natalensis rubidus

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rubidus

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 nigrifrons rubidus

(Grubb, 2005)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Cephalophorus rubidus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006596

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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