HAMADRYAS BABOON Papio hamadryas

   
PAGE INDEX
1. Lateral view
2. Anterior view 
3. Details

TAXONOMY
Order - Primates (lemurs, monkeys & apes)
Suborder - Anthropoidea ("man-like")
Family - Cercopithecidae (old-world monkeys)

Dental Formula : 2.1.2.3 / 2.1.2.3

	1.Hamadryas Baboon skull, male, lateral view. This individual was over 30yrs old when it died.
	1.Hamadryas Baboon skull, male, anterior view.

Details of Specimens Illustrated

Image 1

Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas

Sex - male

Stage - aged adult

Area collected - USA - died in captivity

Source - Courtesy of private collector

Measurements

Overall length

225mm

Zygomatic width

140mm

Scientific Name : Papio - from the French "papion", a baboon.
Scientific Name : hamadryas - a hamadryad is a woodland nymph, from the Greek hama "together with" and drus "a tree"

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