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Papio anubis (olive baboon)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Cynocephalus anubis was named by Cuvier (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Simia anubis by Fischer (1829); it was recombined as Papio anubis by Owen (1853), Hill (1959), Dandelot and Prévost (1972), Zinner et al. (2008).

Subspecies
P. doguera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Cynocephalus anubis Cuvier
1829Simia anubis Fischer p. 33
1853Papio anubis Owen p. 733
1959Papio anubis Hill p. 144
1972Papio anubis Dandelot and Prévost p. 625
2008Papio anubis Zinner et al. p. 309

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
tribePapionini
subtribePapionina
genusPapioErxleben 1777
speciesanubis(Cuvier 1824)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 [olive baboon]
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Papio anubis doguera Pucheran 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Papio anubis (22074)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Papio anubis (22276)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Papio anubis (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Papio anubis (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Papio anubis (22073)