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Papio  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A genus of the subfamily CERCOPITHECINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, consisting of five named species: PAPIO URSINUS (chacma baboon), PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS (yellow baboon), PAPIO PAPIO (western baboon), PAPIO ANUBIS (or olive baboon), and PAPIO HAMADRYAS (hamadryas baboon). Members of the Papio genus inhabit open woodland, savannahs, grassland, and rocky hill country. Some authors consider MANDRILLUS a subgenus of Papio.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Baboons
  • Baboons, Savanna
  • Savanna Baboons
  • txid9554

In other languages

  • French

  • Babouins
  • txid9554

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TPD647KZ-0

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