PAP 10 115 



FAMILY 3. LASIOPYGID/E. 



Subfamily 1. Lasiopyginae. 

 GENUS 1. PAPIO. BABOONS. 



1.2-2; C. i:::!; ?. ^y, M. 3^:3 = 32. 



PAPIO Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 15. Type Papio sphynx 



Erxleben, (nee Linn.), = Fapio papio Desmarest. 

 Pavianus Frisch, Nat.-Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, p. 19, 



1775, "Der Pavian." 

 Cynocephalus Cuv. et Geoff., Mag. Encyclop., Ill, 1795, p. 462, 



(nee Boddsert, 1768, Inseet.). 

 Mandrillus Ritzen, Nat. Eintheil. Saugth., 1824, p. 33. (Tafel). 

 Mandril Voigt, Cuvier's Thierreich, I, 1831, p. 88. 

 Mormon Wagn., Sehreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1839, p. 164. 

 Hamadryas Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 107, (nee Hubner, 1806 



Lepidopt.). 

 Sphinx Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 6. /£^/_ /j/f- 



Choiropithecus Reichenb., VoUstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 151. / 

 Drill Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 160. 

 Chceropithecus Blainv., Lemons Orales, 1839, les Cynocephales. 



Size large, face dog-like ; muzzle elongate, end truncate, in which 

 the nostrils are placed ; body massive ; tail of varied lengths ; arms and 

 legs nearly equal,^ and the species walk on their hands and feet ; eyes 

 directed downward ; neck elongate ; thumb prominent, reaching to the 

 middle of the first joint of forefinger; cheek pouches present; ischiatic 

 bones with large callosities, and in the mating season, in some species, 

 these last are enormously enlarged and extend to the tail. Skin of face 

 sometimes exhibiting brilliant colors. Skull : braincase flattened ; on 

 the rostrum of adult males, in some species, are developed longitudinal 

 osseous ridges. 



The members of the genus P.^pio, on account of the lengthened 

 facial region of their skulls are called Dog-faced Baboons. LIsually 

 their bodies are massive, and the adult animal is possessed of great 

 strength. The mode of progression is by walking or running on their 



