Cephalophini

Yellow-backed duiker Cephalophus silvicultor, copyright James.

Belongs within: Bovidae.

The Cephalophini, duikers, are an African group of small antelopes with shorter fore legs than hind legs, and short conical horns (Ralls & Kranz 1984).

<==Cephalophini [Cephalophinae]
|--PhilantombaFS15
| |--P. maxwelliiFS15
| `--P. monticolaFS15 [=Cephalophus monticolaG78; incl. C. (Guevei) caeruleusWC56, G78, C. parvus Broom 1934G78]
`--+--Sylvicapra grimmiaFS15
`--CephalophusFS15
| i. s.: C. breviceps Gray 1866G66
| C. brookeiG91
| C. castaneusWC56
| C. maxwelliRK84
| C. rubidusIT07
|--C. zebraFS15
`--+--+--C. jentinkiFS15
| `--+--C. dorsalisFS15
| `--+--C. silvicultorFS15
| `--C. spadixFS15
`--+--C. adersiFS15
`--+--C. nigerFS15
`--+--+--C. ogilbyiFS15
| | |--C. o. ogilbyiG91
| | `--C. o. crusalbumG91
| `--+--C. callipygusFS15
| `--C. weynsiFS15
`--+--C. leucogasterFS15
`--+--+--C. harveyiFS15
| `--C. natalensisFS15
`--+--C. nigrifronsFS15
`--C. rufilatusFS15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[FS15] Faurby, S., & J.-C. Svenning. 2015. A species-level phylogeny of all extant and late Quaternary extinct mammals using a novel heuristic-hierarchical Bayesian approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 14–26.

[G78] Gentry, A. W. 1978. Bovidae. In: Maglio, V. J., & H. B. S. Cooke (eds) Evolution of African Mammals pp. 540–572. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[G66] Gray, J. E. 1866. Notice of an ape (Macacus inornatus) and a bushbock (Cephalophus breviceps) in the gardens of the Society. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 202–203.

[G91] Groves, C. P. 1991. A Theory of Human and Primate Evolution revised ed. Clarendon Press: Oxford.

[IT07] Isaac, N. J. B., S. T. Turvey, B. Collen, C. Waterman & J. E. M. Baillie. 2007. Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny. PloS One 2 (3): e296.

[RK84] Ralls, K., & K. Kranz. 1984. Duikers. In: Macdonald, D. (ed.) All the World’s Animals: Hoofed Mammals pp. 116–119. Torstar Books: New York.

[WC56] Wells, L. H., & H. B. S. Cooke. 1956. Fossil Bovidae from the Limeworks Quarry, Makapansgat, Potgietersrus. Palaeontologia Africana 4: 1–55.

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