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--> ORDER PRIMATES
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--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
GENUS Papio
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Systema Regni Animalis, 1(Mammalia): xxx, 15. | Type Species: | Cynocephalus papio Desmarest, 1820 (= Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758). | Comments: | Opinion 1199 of the International Commision 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). |
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