Cephalophus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + λόφος (lóphos, “tuft”).

Proper noun

Cephalophus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – various small duikers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae – family; Cephalophinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cephalophus adersi (Ader's duiker), Cephalophus callipygus (Peters' duiker), Cephalophus dorsalis (bay duiker), Cephalophus harveyi (Harvey's duiker), Cephalophus jentinki (Jentink's duiker), Cephalophus leucogaster (white-bellied duiker), Cephalophus natalensis (common duiker), Cephalophus niger (black duiker), Cephalophus nigrifrons (black-fronted duiker), Cephalophus ogilbyi (Ogilby's duiker), Cephalophus rubidis (Ruwenzori duiker), Cephalophus rufilatus (red-flanked duiker), Cephalophus silvicultor (yellow-backed duiker), Cephalophus spadix (Abbot's duiker), Cephalophus weynsi (Weyn's duiker), Cephalophus zebra (zebra duiker) - species

References

• Cephalophus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cephalophus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cephalophus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cephalophus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cephalophus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cephalophus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Cephalophus at Paleobiology Database