Papio papio

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Guinea 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

Desmarest, A.G. 1821-01-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Première partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 555 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523833

Original name as described

Cynocephalus papio

Other common names

Western Baboon

Type locality

Coast of Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Guinea · Sierra Leone

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000632

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.

Cynocephalus olivaceus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

olivaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1848-7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1848-7

Authority page

531, 543 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25099370 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25099382

Authority publication

Archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Papio sphynx

Lesson, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sphynx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Papio papio

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

papio

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. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16018/190269269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Papio Sphinx

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sphinx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872812

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cynocephalus papio

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

papio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523833

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)

Papio rubescens

Temminck, 1853

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rubescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835786

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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