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Abstract
A genus of the subfamily CERCOPITHECINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, consisting of five named species: PAPIO URSINUS (chacma baboon), PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS (yellow baboon), PAPIO PAPIO (western baboon), PAPIO ANUBIS (or olive baboon), and PAPIO HAMADRYAS (hamadryas baboon). Members of the Papio genus inhabit open woodland, savannahs, grassland, and rocky hill country. Some authors consider MANDRILLUS a subgenus of Papio.
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Synonyms
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- Baboons
- Baboons, Savanna
- Savanna Baboons
- Baboon
- Baboon, Savanna
- Papios
- Savanna Baboon
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal; diseases: coord IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)
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History Note
81(75); was see under BABOONS 1973-80; BABOONS was heading 1971-80 (Prov 1971-72)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Papio. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010215. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010215
- Papio. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baboon
- Papio. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159429