Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 (baboon)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus

Full reference: R. Kerr. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnæus. containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young / Class I, Mammalia:.

Belongs to Papio according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also Kerr 1792

Sister taxa: Papio (Inuus), Papio anubis, Papio cynocephalus, Papio hamadryas, Papio izodi, Papio kindae, Papio papio, Papio porcarius, Papio quadratirostris, Papio robinsoni, Papio thoth

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Eswatini (2 collections), South Africa (26)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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