Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 233656

Alternative combinations: Capra grimmia, Sylvicapra grimmia

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Cephalophus according to O. Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Cephalophus adersi, Cephalophus callipygus, Cephalophus dorsalis, Cephalophus harveyi, Cephalophus jentinki, Cephalophus leucogaster, Cephalophus monticola, Cephalophus natalensis, Cephalophus niger, Cephalophus nigrifrons, Cephalophus ogilby, Cephalophus rubidus, Cephalophus rufilatus, Cephalophus silvicultor, Cephalophus spadix, Cephalophus sylvicultor, Cephalophus weynsi, Cephalophus zebra

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 147.0, humerus length 109.6, radius length 102.0, tibia length 167.2, ulna length 148.8

Estimated body mass: 10.7 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length