Papio hamadryas

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Hamadryas 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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033819

Original name as described

Simia hamadryas

Other common names

Mantled Baboon · Sacred Baboon

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000630

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Papio arabicus

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

arabicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.11.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74755cdc-3dde-4d31-9b99-7d2f8a797c44

Authority page

929

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30952036

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Papio brockmani

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brockmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.6.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d2734ef-930b-4188-85c6-08ed5e62a6ae https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51df4f2a-1f2e-4a75-8a9a-fa27b0a7af33

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097627

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Simia hamadryas

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamadryas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033819

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Hamadryas choeropithecus

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

choeropithecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358300

Authority publication

Paris

Hamadryas aegyptiaca

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aegyptiacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994528

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus Hamadryas

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamadryas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872819

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Macaca cynomolgus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynomolgus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033398

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Macaca hamadryas

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamadryas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Simia Cynamolgus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynamolgus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Macacus cynomolgos

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynomolgos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207473

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Blyth (1863:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Cynocephalus hamadryas

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamadryas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207477

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Cynocephalus hamadrias

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamadrias

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Papio chæropithecus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

chaeropithecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Macacus Cynomolgus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynomolgus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Papio hamadryas

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hamadryas

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. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16019/17953082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

chaeropitheus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

chaeropitheus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Simia cynamolgos

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynamolgos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033820

Authority publication

Stockholm

Simia Cynomolgus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynomolgus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946234

Authority publication

Stockholm

Cercopithecus Cynomolgus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynomolgus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872825

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Cercopithecus (Cynamolgus)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynamolgus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

Simia cynomolgos

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cynomolgos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Cynocephalus wagleri

(Agassiz, 1828)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

wagleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

862

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13245157

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

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

Theropithecus nedjo

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nedjo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47619060

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

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

Papio hamadryas abissinicus

Roth, 1965

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

abissinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Austin

Papio hamadryas sudanensis

Roth, 1965

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sudanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Austin

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