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

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt .

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

COMMENT: Includes anubis, cynocephalus, papio, and ursinus; see Szalay and Delson, 1979:336, and Jolly and Brett, 1973, J. Med. Primatol., 2:85. CAH and PG follow Dandelot, 1974, Part 3:9, and others in recognizing these as distinct species. Subgenus Chaeropithecus; see Szalay and Delson, 1979. Nagel, 1973, Folia Primatol., 19: 104- 165; and Maples and McKern, 1967, in Vagtborg, ed., The Baboon in Medical Research, p. 2, discuss intergradation in these forms.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Primates,

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406008004002001 as P. hamadryas .

5301406008004001001 as P. cynocephalus .