Papio

Also known as baboons, baboon

Baboons are primates comprising the genus Papio, one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys, in the family Cercopithecidae. There are six species of baboon: the hamadryas baboon, the Guinea baboon, the olive baboon, the yellow baboon, the Kinda baboon and the chacma baboon. Each species is native to one of six areas of Africa and the hamadryas baboon is also native to part of the Arabian Peninsula. Baboons are among the largest non-hominoid primates and have existed for at least two million years.

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Papio is a genus of mammals within the family Cercopithecidae. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, and order Primates. The taxon was described by Erxleben in 1777. Its common name is Baboon. The group is part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae and the tribe Papionini.

Records of Papio have been documented in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Institutions including UCMP, AMNH, USNM, and ROM hold these records. The genus has been referenced by 865 other encyclopedia articles. Descriptions appear in the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The taxon originated about 2 million years ago.

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Species

Chacma Baboon

Papio

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPrimates
FamilyCercopithecidae

Observations10,711

Observations recorded27,389

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 386
With media: 17
Family: Cercopithecidae
Collections: UCMP, AMNH, USNM, ROM
Recorded in: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya

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Research

13,305 papers

Myoclonia in Papio papio: are they all "epileptic"?ReviewNeural plasticity · 2000Naquet R, Valin ADOI: 10.1155/np.2000.43
Papio Baboon Species Indicative Alu Elements.Genome biology and evolution · 2017Walker JA, Jordan VE, Steely CJ et al.DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx130
Parturition in baboons (PAPIO SPP.).Scientific reports · 2018Schlabritz-Loutsevitch N, Maher J, Sullivan R et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19221-4
Myoclonus in Papio papio.ReviewMovement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 1991Brailowsky SDOI: 10.1002/mds.870060203
A missing piece of the Papio puzzle: Gorongosa baboon phenostructure and intrageneric relationships.Journal of human evolution · 2019Martinez FI, Capelli C, Ferreira da Silva MJ et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.01.007
Hemochromatosis in Two Female Olive Baboons (Papio anubis).Comparative medicine · 2021Lamoureux LM, Coda KA, Halliday LCDOI: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-20-000070
Osteosarcoma in Baboons (Papio spp).Comparative medicine · 2015Mezzles MJ, Dick EJ Jr, Owston MA et al.
Categorization of vocal and nonvocal stimuli in Guinea baboons (Papio papio).American journal of primatology · 2022Ennaji FE, Fagot J, Belin PDOI: 10.1002/ajp.23387

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

Taxonomy
Fossil record
Characteristics
Behavior and ecology
Habitat and prey
Predators
Social systems
Mating
Birth, rearing young, and life expectancy
Relationship with humans
Diseases
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

Baboons vary in size and weight depending on the species. The smallest, the Kinda baboon, is in length and weighs only , while the largest, the chacma baboon, is up to in length and weighs . All baboons have long, dog-like muzzles, heavy, powerful jaws with sharp canine teeth, close-set eyes, thick fur except on their muzzles, short tails, and nerveless, hairless pads of skin on their protruding buttocks called ischial callosities that provide for sitting comfort. Male hamadryas baboons have large white manes. Baboons exhibit sexual dimorphism in size, colour and/or canine teeth development.

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