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.

Annotation

NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal; diseases: coord IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)

DUI

D010215 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0015843

History note

81(75); was see under BABOONS 1973-80; BABOONS was heading 1971-80 (Prov 1971-72)

Online note

use PAPIO to search BABOONS 1971-80 (as Prov 1971-72)

Public note

81; was see under BABOONS 1973-80; BABOONS was heading 1973-80