Cephalophorus kivuensis

(Lönnberg, 1919)

Kivu 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

Lönnberg, E. 1919. Notes on the members of the genera Cephalophus and Sylvicapra in the Congo Museum. Revue zoologique africaine 7:162-185.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11304029

Original name as described

Cephalophus nigrifrons kivuensis

Type material

RMCA 1275

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"région du lac Kivu [Kivu Region]," DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Uganda · Burundi · Kenya

Taxonomy notes

split from C. nigrifrons and tentatively includes fosteri, hooki, and hypoxanthus, which have been considered distinct species or subspecies/synonyms of C. nigrifrons; 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/1006682

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 nigrifrons kivuensis

(Lönnberg, 1919)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kivuensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1275

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11304029

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Cephalophus natalensis kivuensis

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kivuensis

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)

Cephalophorus kivuensis

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kivuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006682

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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