Cephalophus C. H. Smith 1827
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Bovidae
Cephalophus

description: Cephalophus C. H. Smith 1827
Cephalophus C. H. Smith 1827, in: Griffith et al., Animal Kingdom, Vol. 5: 344.
Type Species: Antilope silvicultrix Afzelius 1815
Species and subspecies: 15 species with 21 subspecies:
Species Cephalophus adersi Thomas 1918
Species Cephalophus brookei Thomas 1903
Species Cephalophus callipygus Peters 1876
Species Cephalophus dorsalis Gray 1846
Subspecies Cephalophus dorsalis subsp. dorsalis Gray 1846
Subspecies Cephalophus dorsalis subsp. castaneus Thomas 1892
Species Cephalophus jentinki Thomas 1892
Species Cephalophus leucogaster Gray 1873
Subspecies Cephalophus leucogaster subsp. leucogaster Gray 1873
Subspecies Cephalophus leucogaster subsp. arrhenii (Lönnberg 1917)
Species Cephalophus natalensis A. Smith 1834
Subspecies Cephalophus natalensis subsp. natalensis A. Smith 1834
Subspecies Cephalophus natalensis subsp. harveyi Thomas 1893
Species Cephalophus niger Gray 1846
Species Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray 1871
Subspecies Cephalophus nigrifrons subsp. nigrifrons Gray 1871
Subspecies Cephalophus nigrifrons subsp. fosteri St. Leger 1934
Subspecies Cephalophus nigrifrons subsp. hooki St. Leger 1934
Subspecies Cephalophus nigrifrons subsp. hypoxanthus Grubb and Groves 2002
Subspecies Cephalophus nigrifrons subsp. kivuensis Lönnberg 1919
Subspecies Cephalophus nigrifrons subsp. rubidus Thomas 1901
Species Cephalophus ogilbyi Waterhouse 1838
Subspecies Cephalophus ogilbyi subsp. ogilbyi Waterhouse 1838
Subspecies Cephalophus ogilbyi subsp. crusalbum Grubb 1978
Species Cephalophus rufilatus Gray 1846
Species Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius 1815)
Subspecies Cephalophus silvicultor subsp. silvicultor Afzelius 1815
Subspecies Cephalophus silvicultor subsp. curticeps Grubb and Groves 2002
Subspecies Cephalophus silvicultor subsp. longiceps Gray 1865
Subspecies Cephalophus silvicultor subsp. ruficrista Bocage 1869
Species Cephalophus spadix True 1890
Species Cephalophus weynsi Thomas 1901
Subspecies Cephalophus weynsi subsp. weynsi Thomas 1901
Subspecies Cephalophus weynsi subsp. johnstoni Thomas 1901
Subspecies Cephalophus weynsi subsp. lestradei Groves and Grubb 1974
Species Cephalophus zebra Gray 1838
Discussion: Van Gelder (1977 b) included Sylvicapra but recent authors have not followed this arrangement (Meester et al. 1986; Swanepoel et al. 1980:188). Jansen van Vuuren and Robinson (2001) together with Grubb and Groves (2002) categorized species groups as follows: C. ogilbyi or Cephalophorus group (includes three subgroups: [i] adersi, [ii] leucogaster, natalensis, nigrifrons, rufilatus, [iii] brookei, callipygus, niger, ogilbyi, weynsi); C. silvicultor or nominate Cephalophus group (includes also badius, jentinki, and spadix); and C. zebra or Cephalophula group (monotypic).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 712, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519