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Taxon: Genus Papio Müller, 1773 - baboons (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Müller, 1773) Erxleben, 1777
Original name:  Müller, 1773:119.
Subsequent rank:  1777. Erxleben, 1777: 15.

Types

Type of: Papionina (Subtribe) Burnett, 1828 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 346. [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Papio (Subgenus) Müller, 1773 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type, by synonymy: Papio hamadryas (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Former rank: Papio (Subgenus) Müller, 1773 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417). [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Mandrillus (Genus) Ritgen, 1824 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Cynocephalus (Genus) Boddaert, 1768 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name (objective): Hamadryas (Genus) Lesson, 1840, nom. illeg.
Including: Mandrillus (Genus) Ritgen, 1824 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: hondskopapen
: bavianen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: baboons
: savanna baboons
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