Papio hamadryas (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:27.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Somalia and S Arabia, south to South Africa.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Rare.

SYNONYMS: aegyptiaca, anubis, antiquorum, brockmani, chaeropitheus, chobiensis, choras, comatus, cynocephalus, doguera, furax, graueri, griseipes, heuglini, ibeanus, jubilaeus, kindae, langheldi, lestes, lydekkeri, neumanni, ngamiensis, nigeriae, nigripes, occidentalis, ochraceus, olivaceus, orientalis, papio, porcarius, pruinosus, rhodesiae, rubescens, strepitus, tesselatum, thoth, tibestianus, transvaalensis, ursinus, variegata, vigilis, werneri, yokoensis .

COMMENTS: Includes anubis, cynocephalus, papio, and ursinus; see Szalay and Delson (1979:336) and Jolly and Brett (1973:85). Dandelot (1974:9), Corbet and Hill (1980:88,) and others recognized these as distinct species. Groves (1989) suggested some of these might be distinct species. Maples and McKern (1967:2) discussed integradation in these forms.