Papio papio (Desmarest, 1820)

Turni, Hendrik, 2024, Type specimens of Primates (Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zootaxa 5543 (2), pp. 151-194 : 193

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14508170
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scientific name	Papio papio (Desmarest, 1820)
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Cynocephalus olivaceus Geoffroy, 1851 View in CoL

Collection de Mammiferes du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, p. 34

Current valid name: Papio papio (Desmarest, 1820) View in CoL

ZMB 6748 , skull; Bismarckburg, Togo; collected by Büttner, 1890/1891

Comment: Geoffroy's description of Cynocephalus olivaceus is based on specimens collected in Guinea, Golf von Benin [Gulf of Guinea] by Cabaret in 1847. Due to the date of discovery (year, collector), the specimen ZMB 6748, marked as a type specimen of Cynocephalus olivaceus , could not be a type.