Papio

Papio hamadryas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: Papio
Species (6): P. anubis – P. cynocephalus – P. hamadryas – P. kindae – P. papio – P. ursinus – †P. angusticeps – †P. izodi – †P. robinsoni – †P. spelaeus

Name

Papio Erxleben, 1777 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1982: 15), with the Name Number 2140] [Melville, 1982: 15]

• Type species: Cynocephalus papio Desmarest, 1820, by designation under the plenary powers by Melville (1982: 15) [Melville, 1982: 15]
• Gender: masculine [Melville, 1982: 15]

Synonymy

• Cynocephalus G. Cuvier & É. Geoffroy, 1795
• Chaeropitheus Gervais, 1839
• Hamadryas Lesson, 1840: 107 [​junior homonym]
• Comopithecus Allen, 1925: 312

Comments

Opinion 1199 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1982) fixed this as the first available name, and fixed the type species. Includes Theropithecus according to Goodman et al. (1998), and also Lophocebus according to Goodman et al. (2001). Includes Mandrillus according to McKenna and Bell (1997).

References

Primary references

• ICZN 1982. Opinion 1199. Papio Erxleben, 1777, and Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824 (Mammalia, Primates): designation of type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(1): 15–18. BHL Reference page. 
• Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates : cvm synonymia et historia animalivm: Classis I. Mammalia. Lipsiae: Impensis Weygandianis. 636 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Lesson, R.-P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes. J.-B. Baillière: Paris. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8829 BHL Reference page. 
• Allen, J.A. 1925. Primates collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 47(4): 283–499. BHL hdl: 2246/334 Reference page. 

Links

• Papio in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Павіяны
български: Павиан
বাংলা: বেবুন
English: Baboon
magyar: Pávián, babuin
日本語: ヒヒ属
Diné bizaad: Mágí bichį́į́htsohígíí
polski: Pawian
ไทย: ลิงบาบูน
Türkçe: Babun
українська: Бабуїн

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