- Concept UI
- M0015843
- Scope Note
- A genus of the subfamily CERCOPITHECINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, consisting of five named species: PAPIO URSINUS (chacma baboon), PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS (yellow baboon), PAPIO PAPIO (western baboon), PAPIO ANUBIS (or olive baboon), and PAPIO HAMADRYAS (hamadryas baboon). Members of the Papio genus inhabit open woodland, savannahs, grassland, and rocky hill country. Some authors consider MANDRILLUS a subgenus of Papio.
- Terms
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Papio
Preferred Term
Term UI
T030206
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1975)
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Baboons
Term UI
T030205
Date05/09/1980
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1992)
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Baboons, Savanna
Term UI
T030207
Date12/10/1990
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1992)
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Savanna Baboons
Term UI
T030208
Date12/10/1990
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1992)