Papio

Papio hamadryas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

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Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Papio
Species: P. anubis - P. cynocephalus - P. hamadryas - P. papio - P. ursinus

Name

• Papio Erxleben, 1777 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1982: 15), with the Name Number 2140] [source: Melville (1982: 15)]
  • Gender: masculine [source: Melville (1982: 15)]
  • Type species: Cynocephalus papio Desmarest, 1820, by designation under the plenary powers by Melville (1982: 15) [source: Melville (1982: 15)]

Synonyms

• Cynocephalus G. Cuvier & É. Geoffroy, 1795
• Chaeropitheus Gervais, 1839
• Hamadryas Lesson, 1840 [ junior homonym ]
  • Comopithecus Allen, 1925

Vernacular names

Diné bizaad: Mágí bichį́į́htsohígíí
English: Baboon
日本語: ヒヒ属
Türkçe: Babun
Українська: Бабуїн

Comments

Opinion 1199 of the International Commision on Zoological Nomenclature (1982) fixed this as the first available name, and fixed the type species. Includes Theropithecus according to Goodman et al. (1998), and also Lophocebus according to Goodman et al. (2001). Includes Mandrillus according to McKenna and Bell (1997).

References

cited sources

• Melville, R.V. 1982: OPINION 1199. PAPIO ERXLEBEN, 1777, AND MANDRILLUS RITGEN, 1824 (MAMMALIA, PRIMATES): DESIGNATION OF TYPE SPECIES. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 39: 15-18. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor

additional references

• Papio in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).