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baboon

a PRIMATE of the genus Papio which is characterized by the presence of a dog-like muzzle, a short tail and callosities on the buttocks. There are five species in Africa and Asia.
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High prevalence of antibodies against the bacterium Treponema pallidum in Senegalese Guinea baboons (Papio papio).
Eberle, "Primary mouse dermal fibroblast cell cultures as an in vitro model system for the differential pathogenicity of cross-species herpesvirus papio 2 infections," Archives of Virology, vol.
Francesco Borghesi, Michael Papio, and Massimo Riva (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 117.
Tactical deception of familiar individuals in baboons (Papio ursinus).
Observations have been made of consumption and/or dispersal of African cycad seeds by baboons (Papio ursinus), monkeys, elephants (Loxodonta africana), birds (e.g., hornbills), fruit-eating bats, bush pigs (Potamochoerus porcus) and rodents (e.g., vlei rats (Otomys spp.)) (Melville, 1957; Giddy, 1984; Grobbelaar et al., 1989; Grobbelaar, 2004; Donaldson, 2008).
Effects of estrogen and progesterone on plasma lipoproteins and experimental atherosclerosis in the baboon (Papio sp.).
Hubbard, "Pleuro-pulmonary endometriosis in baboons (Papio spp.): insights into pathogenesis," Journal of Medical Primatology, vol.
Observations on the localisation in the motor cortex of the baboon ("Papio anubis").
moloch-, y el siamang -Symphalangus syndactylus-(HEPBURN, 1892; MICHILSENS et al., 2009), y en papiones como Papio anubis (CHAMPNEYS, 1871) y Papio hamadryas (ACKERMANN, 2003).
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