Papio ursinus

(Kerr, 1792)

Chacma 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

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664081

Original name as described

Simia Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus

Other common names

Mountain Baboon · Gray-footed Chacma Baboon · Namibian Chacma Baboon · Southern Chacma Baboon

Type locality

South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zambia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Mozambique · Angola · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000633

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.

Papio porcarius griseipes

Pocock, 1911

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4141eb76-1e41-4d7d-88b0-cee6657719c4

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252463

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Papio porcarius nigripes

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 4443

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Papio porcarius ngamiensis

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ngamiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6614

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Papio porcarius chobiensis

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

chobiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6615

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Papio porcarius orientalis

Goldblatt, 1926

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UWJ B3

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

782

Authority publication

South African Journal of Science

Name usages

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

Papio porcarius occidentalis

Goldblatt, 1926

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UWJ Bl.

Type kind

lectotype

Authority publication

South African Journal of Science

Name usages

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

Papio spelaeus

Broom, 1936

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

spelaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

393-396

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Cynocephalus porcarius

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

porcarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Fitzinger (1855:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  4. Blyth (1863:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Papio porcarius

Lesson, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

porcarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Papio ursinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ursinus

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 (2013:662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16022/168568698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Papio ursinus griseipes

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Papio ursinus ruacana

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ruacana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Papio ursinus ursinus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Simia porcaria

(Boddaert, 1787)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

porcarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664081

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Papio comatus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

comatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499297

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Cynocephalus capensis

(A. Smith, 1826)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

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

Cynocephalus ursinus

(J. A. Wagner, 1839)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31071801

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Choiropithecus porcarius transvaalensis

(Zukowsky, 1927)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

transvaalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

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

Papio comatus ruacana

Shortridge, 1942

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ruacana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

80 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888997

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Papio ursinus chacamensis

Roth, 1965

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

chacamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Austin

Name usages

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

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