| Papionini Temporal range:Pliocene to present | |
|---|---|
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| Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) inGermany | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe: | Papionini Burnett, 1828 |
| Type genus | |
| Papio Erxleben, 1777 | |
| Genera | |
See text | |
Papionini is atribe ofOld World monkeys that includes several largemonkey species, which include themacaques ofNorth Africa andAsia, as well as thebaboons,geladas,mangabeys,kipunji,drills, andmandrills, which are essentially fromsub-Saharan Africa (although some baboons also occur in southernArabia).[1] It is typically divided into twosubtribes: Macacina for thegenusMacaca and itsextinct relatives and the Papionina for all other genera.[2][3]
Papioninfossils are extensivelyknown from thePliocene andPleistocene ofEast Africa.[4]
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