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Papio (baboon)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Discussion

Papio Mller 1773 was suppressed by the ICZN in 1982 (opinion 1199) in favor of Papio Erxleben 1977, and the type species was set as Cynocephalus papio Desmarest 1820.

Synonyms
  • Cynocephalus was named by Cuvier and Geoffroy (1795) [non Cynocephalus Boddaert 1768]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Papio by Thomas (1893).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Papio Erxleben
1792Simia (Papio) Kerr
1795Cynocephalus Cuvier and Geoffroy
1825Papio Gray p. 338
1997Papio McKenna and Bell
2002Papio Jablonski
2005Papio Wilson and Reeder
2005Papio Xing et al.
2010Papio Jablonski and Frost

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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

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.

G. Papio Erxleben 1777 [baboon]
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Subg. Papio (Inuus) Matschie 1901
Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 [olive baboon]
Papio anubis doguera Pucheran 1856
Papio cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766 [yellow baboon]
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Invalid names: Papio ruhei Zukowsky 1942 [synonym]
Papio hamadryas Linnaeus 1758 [Hamadryas baboon]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus hamadryas Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia cynamolgos Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
†Papio izodi Gear 1926
Papio kindae Lönnberg 1919
Papio papio Desmarest 1820 [Guinea baboon]
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Invalid names: Cynocephalus olivaceus Geoffroy 1848 [synonym]
Papio porcarius Boddaert 1787
†Papio quadratirostris Iwamoto 1982
†Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957
Papio thoth Ogilby 1843
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792
Invalid names: Cynocephalus Cuvier and Geoffroy 1795 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Papio sp. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Papio sp. (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Papio sp. (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tajikistan Papio sp. (34395) Papio suschkini (34444)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Papio baringensis (22280)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Papio izodi (21791)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Papio sp. (21506)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Papio sp. (22568)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Papio sp. (21799 21811)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Papio hamadryas (22333) Papio robinsoni (22330 22332 22334)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Papio sp. (22594 22595 22596)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Papio robinsoni (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Papio sp. (22492 22494)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Papio sp. (21963)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Papio ursinus (21867)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Madras) Papio sp. (228955)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Papio robinsoni (21828 22329) Papio sp. (21913 21920) Papio sp., Papio robinsoni (21825) Papio ursinus (21695 21829 21915 21916 21929 21956 115191)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Papio ursinus (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Papio sp. (21854)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Papio anubis (22074)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Spain (Teruel) Papio arvernensis (36112)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Papio robinsoni (21961)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Papio sp. (32058 32060)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Papio sp. (22499)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Papio anubis (22276) Papio sp. (21276 21277 22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Papio hamadryas (22177) Papio sp. (22134)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Papio ursinus (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Papio cynocephalus (32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Papio urinus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Papio cynocephalus (32138)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Papio ursinus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Papio anubis (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Papio sp. (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Papio ursinus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Papio anubis (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Papio ursinus (21909 21911 21912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Papio cynocephalus (21871)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Papio anubis (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Papio ursinus (21866 21896 21914 21917 21918 21940 96973)