Cephalophus C. H. Smith 1827

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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).