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 material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

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://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000633

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.

Total: 44 names and synonyms.

Simia Porcaria

(Boddaert, 1787)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

porcarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Der Naturforscher

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. André (1795:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
  3. Wolf (1796:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  4. Shaw (1800:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  5. Turton (1802:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  6. Goldfuss (1809:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  7. Virey (1819:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  8. Fischer (1829:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. 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

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Simia Longirostris

(Link, 1795)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

longirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Simia Nasuta

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150677

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1800:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  3. Fischer (1829:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Papio porcaria

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

porcarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

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

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Virey (1819:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  3. Shortridge (1934:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  4. Allen (1939:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  5. Hill & Carter (1941:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  6. Shortridge (1942:39, 80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888918, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  7. Shortridge (1942:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  8. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Papio porcarius

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

porcarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499296

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Muirhead (1819:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  3. Smuts (1832:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  4. Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Schlegel (1876:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  6. Trouessart (1904:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  7. Elliot (1913:lvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  8. Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  9. Thomas (1929:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  10. Broom (1934:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39201)

Cynocephalus ursinus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Hemprich (1820:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  3. Schinz (1821:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Smith (1826:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36081)

Cynocephalus nasutus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Papio (Cynocephalus) capensis

F. S. Voigt, 1819

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

407

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)

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