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Papio hamadryas (Hamadryas baboon)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simia hamadryas was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macacus hamadryas by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Papio hamadryas by Thomas (1911), Dandelot and Prévost (1972), Jablonski (2002) and Zinner et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia hamadryas Linnaeus p. 27
1758Simia cynamolgos Linnaeus p. 28
1792Cercopithecus hamadryas Kerr
1853Macacus hamadryas Owen p. 747
1911Papio hamadryas Thomas p. 127
1972Papio hamadryas Dandelot and Prévost p. 628
2002Papio hamadryas Jablonski
2008Papio hamadryas Zinner et al. p. 308

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
specieshamadryas()

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 hamadryas Linnaeus 1758 [Hamadryas baboon]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus hamadryas Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia cynamolgos Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available