Cephalophus
Genus of mammals
title: "Cephalophus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mammal-genera", "duikers", "taxa-named-by-charles-hamilton-smith"] description: "Genus of mammals" topic_path: "general/mammal-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalophus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of mammals ::
| image = Yellow-backed_Duiker_2.jpg | image_caption = Cephalophus silvicultor | taxon = Cephalophus | authority = Smith, 1827 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | type_species = Antilope silvicultrix | type_species_authority = Afzelius, 1815
Cephalophus is a mammal genus which contains at least fifteen species of duiker, a type of small antelope.
Species
Following Groves (2005), the species within Cephalophus include:
- Aders's duiker Cephalophus adersi
- Brooke's duiker Cephalophus brookei
- Peters's duiker Cephalophus callipygus
- Bay duiker Cephalophus dorsalis
- Jentink's duiker Cephalophus jentinki
- White-bellied duiker Cephalophus leucogaster
- Red forest duiker Cephalophus natalensis
- Black duiker Cephalophus niger
- Black-fronted duiker Cephalophus nigrifrons
- Ogilby's duiker Cephalophus ogilbyi
- Ruwenzori duiker Cephalophus rubidus
- Red-flanked duiker Cephalophus rufilatus
- Yellow-backed duiker Cephalophus silvicultor
- Abbott's duiker Cephalophus spadix
- Weyns's duiker Cephalophus weynsi
- Zebra duiker Cephalophus zebra
References
References
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