Papio Erxleben 1777

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 166

Papio Erxleben 1777

Papio Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1, Mammalia: xxx, 15.

Type Species: Cynocephalus papio Desmarest 1820

Synonyms: Chaeropitheus Gervais 1839 ; Comopithecus J. A. Allen 1925 ; Hamadryas Lesson 1840 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 6 subspecies:

Species Papio anubis Lesson 1827

Species Papio cynocephalus ( Linnaeus 1766)

Subspecies Papio cynocephalus subsp. cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766

Subspecies Papio cynocephalus subsp. ibeanus Thomas 1893

Subspecies Papio cynocephalus subsp. kindae Lönnberg 1919

Species Papio hamadryas ( Linnaeus 1758)

Species Papio papio Desmarest 1820

Species Papio ursinus Kerr 1792

Subspecies Papio ursinus subsp. ursinus Kerr 1792

Subspecies Papio ursinus subsp. griseipes Pocock 1911

Subspecies Papio ursinus subsp. ruacana Shortridge 1942

Discussion: 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).