Papio anubis

(Lesson, 1827)

Olive Baboon

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Papionini
Genus : Papio

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. J. B. Baillière et fils, Paris, 441 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207476

Original name as described

Cynocephalus anubis

Other common names

Anubis Baboon

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3910

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a3910

Type locality

Africa. Restricted by J. Anderson in 1902 to the Upper Nile.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Mali · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000628

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cynocephalus choras

(W. Ogilby, 1843)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

choras

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36d9bc77-7ded-4536-9c9e-63b344ae76d3

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679990

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio furax

D. G. Elliot, 1907

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

furax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6686e1a3-85b6-4b1b-b303-3e8bf508fdae https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/71d2ebfa-b099-48db-9093-d0ac3335b318

Authority page

499

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413752

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio tessellatum

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tessellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.4.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52e11e07-c3cb-448d-ad6a-882f6e18ccda https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9541ed9-4b82-499d-a1d9-3ccc8692f235

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097626

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Papio nigeriae

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nigeriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b8e8d24c-d909-4381-85d2-c7a60393daec https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f3af602a-d40e-4a58-94a3-b61d8f75a70f

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097626

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio lydekkeri

W. Rothschild in Lydekker, 1902

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lydekkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1023

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18517fbe-d25a-4525-aa2d-ed25503a38e9 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f3b55eb5-6947-4840-854d-7ac9f1258039

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268568

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cynocephalus anubis

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

anubis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3910

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a3910

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207476

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Cynocephalus doguera

(Pucheran & Schimper, 1856)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

doguera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1853-439

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1853-439

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio doguera tibestianus

Dekeyser & Derivot, 1960

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tibestianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1960-476

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1960-476

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio heuglini

Matschie, 1898

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

heuglini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 582, SMNS 583, SMNS 584

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790823

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio anubis lestes

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164633

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ea3bf0e-cb24-498d-a436-495623673054

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30096110

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio anubis vigilis

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182033

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d643f611-c043-4b9c-9147-b2b049ea088d

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30096111

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio anubis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

anubis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Afolayan & Amubode (1985:260, 261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67254)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40647/17953200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

tesselatum

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tesselatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio neumanni

Matschie, 1897

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791321

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio yokoensis

Matschie, 1900

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

yokoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio anubis subsp. olivaceus

de Winton in J. Anderson & de Winton, 1902

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

olivaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58720449

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio graueri

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1915

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio silvestris

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1915

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

silvestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61888822

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio werneri

von Wettstein, 1916

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

werneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889227

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio anubis niloticus

Roth, 1965

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

niloticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Austin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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