Philantomba maxwellii

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Maxwell's Duiker

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
Superfamily: Bovoidea
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Cephalophini
Genus: Philantomba

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, C.H. 1827-02-24. Part 11. Pp. 185–344 in Smith, C.H. 1827. The class Mammalia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Volume the Fourth. Geo. B. Whittaker, London, 498 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264372

Original name as described

Antilope Maxwellii

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sierra Leone.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Senegal · Sierra Leone

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006229

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 31 names and synonyms.

Antilope Maxwellii

C. H. Smith, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maxwellii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sierra Leone

Type locality

Sierra Leone.

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264372

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smith (1827:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
Blyth (1840:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Crisp (1862:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)

Antilope philantomba

C. H. Smith in J. E. Gray, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

philantomba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Sierra Leone

Type locality

Sierra Leone.

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790543

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Maxvellii:

P. Gervais, 1840

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maxvellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)

Antilope philotomba:

P. Gervais, 1840

Family

Bovidae

Root name

philotomba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
Lesson (1842:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Antilope Frederici

Laurillard, 1841

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Du Sénégal

Type locality

Senegal.

Authority page

623

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482961

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Laurillard (1841:623, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
Lesson (1842:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Maxwelli:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maxwelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

178

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Rivière (1886:16, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f19.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68746)

Cephalophorus Philantomba:

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Bovidae

Root name

philantomba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729884

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1843:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)

Sylvicapra Frederici:

Sundevall, 1846

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392286

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar

Name usages

Sundevall (1846:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)

Sylvicapra philantomba:

Sundevall, 1846

Family

Bovidae

Root name

philantomba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392286

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar

Name usages

Sundevall (1846:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)

Cephalophus Maxwellii:

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maxwellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595053

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

Gray (1850:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
Gray (1851:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69321)
Gray (1852:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
Gray (1872:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
Sclater (1872:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Rochebrune (1883:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Allen (1939:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Grubb (1993:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)

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