Papio ursinus (primate)

Mass: 20 kg based on Dunbar 1990 and Kotzé et al. 1974

Abundance: 0.06 to 23.88% (median 4.11%)

Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 0.4°

Habitats: (23), Mediterranean woodland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

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Found in 30 samples

Namibia: Namib-Naukluft National Park

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M1) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Late HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Early HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Still Bay) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (Lower MSA) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD) (Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLA) (Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member CL) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member LP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member LPC) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member YOL) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OLP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BOL) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OCH) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member LOH) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)

Uganda: Mainaro

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass15500 kgN = 8Dunbar 1990
♀ body mass15900 kgN = 1Dunbar 1990
♀ body mass13300 kgN = 29Kotzé et al. 1974
♀ body mass15000 kgN = 32Kotzé et al. 1974
♂ body mass30500 kgN = 2Dunbar 1990
♂ body mass21300 kgN = 3Dunbar 1990
♂ body mass23800 kgN = 65Kotzé et al. 1974
♂ body mass24300 kgN = 79Kotzé et al. 1974

See also Papio, Papio angusticeps, Papio anubis, Papio cynocephalus, Papio hamadryas, Papio sp.