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Taxon: Genus Theropithecus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843 - gelada (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1841[1843]
Original name:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1841[1843]: 576.
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Types

Type of: Theropithecina (Subtribe) Jolly, 1966
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Theropithecus (Subgenus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type, by original designation: Theropithecus gelada (Rüppell, 1835)

Variants

Different spelling: Theropitecus (Genus) Geoffroy, 1843

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Gelada (Genus) Gray, 1843 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: †Simopithecus (Genus) Andrews, 1916 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: gelada
: gelada baboon
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