Papio ursinus ( Kerr, 1792 )

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 423

Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus Kerr, 1792

( Figs 148-150 )

Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus Kerr, 1792: 63 .

COMMON NAME. — Chacma Baboon.

CURRENT NAME. — Papio ursinus ( Kerr, 1792) .

See Groves (2005b: 167) and Zimmer et al. (2013: 662).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donated by Jan-Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape Colony in South Africa, male and female, both died on board (Report 20 April 1804 by Fourcroy stored in library of the MNHN. See also Milius (1987: 57) and Jangoux et al. (2010: 269, 277).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data. Two specimens were collected from Cape Town and taken alive back to France on board Le Géographe ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 269).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80196 and 80199 ( Figs 148 ; 149 ; two living animals) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 165) and Inv. no. 80279 ( Fig. 150 ; skull).

Figures

FIG. 148. — Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus Kerr, 1792. Cape Town, South Africa. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil - 40 × 26 cm. Inv. no. 80196. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 149. — Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus Kerr, 1792. Cape Town, South Africa. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Ink and pencil – 21 × 28. Inv. no. 80199. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 150. — Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus Kerr,1792.Cape Town,South Africa.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Pencil – 28 × 43 cm.Inv.no.80279.Credits:MHNH.