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Papio

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Definition: 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.  NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal; diseases: coord IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)   
Examples Papio anubis; Papio cynocephalus; Papio hamadryas; Papio papio; Papio ursinus 		Other names Savanna Baboons; Baboons, Savanna; Baboons; Savanna Baboon; Papios; Baboon, Savanna; Baboon
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor, baboon  0   *Apolipoproteins C *Peptide Fragments Papio. J Lipid Res 1993 Aug;34(8):1285-97

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