A Problem in Evolutionary Systematics: Nomenclature and Classification of Baboons, Genus Papio

Buettner‐Janusch, John

doi:10.1159/000155061

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“…Formerly, the gelada was included within the genus Papio [ 14], but, on the basis of morphological and behavioural differences from Papio, it is now regarded as a distinct genus. Geladas show similarities to other baboons in their karyotype, sérodiag nostic features, amino acids, DNA-DNA hy bridization [15], haemoglobin chains [16] and morphology, e.g.…”

Section: Comparison With Vocalizations O F Closely Related Speciesmentioning

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Vocalizations of Adult Gelada Baboons (Theropithecus gelada): Acoustic Structure and Behavioural Context

Aich

Moos-Heilen²,

Zimmermann³

1990

IJFP

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Vocalizations and accompanying behaviours of adult gelada baboons were studied in four one-male groups kept in large outdoor enclosures in the zoos of Stuttgart and Rheine. Twenty-two acoustically different vocal patterns were determined. According to behavioural context, they were grouped into two categories: (1) contact calls and (2) aggressive and defensive calls. Frequency of calling and the production of different vocalizations were related to social rank and to the age of the sender. Vocalizations in species of the closely related genera Papio and Macaca are compared and their evolution is discussed.

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Section: Comparison With Vocalizations O F Closely Related Speciesmentioning

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Vocalizations of Adult Gelada Baboons (Theropithecus gelada): Acoustic Structure and Behavioural Context

Aich

Moos-Heilen²,

Zimmermann³

1990

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“…burn, 1963; Buettner-Janusch, 1966]. Thus, the classificatory scheme which unites all forms of the subgenus into a single species remains, at the moment, a working hypothesis (albeit the most plausible one available) which requires further testing.…”

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Genetic Markers and Baboon Biology

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1973

J Med Primatol

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Changes in the species-level taxonomy of African baboons are inconvenient to researchers. Most are however attributable less to the perversity of the taxonomist than to the acquisition of new knowledge. Since biospecies are usually defined as closed genetic systems, new evidence for gene-flow often involves mandatory taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision. In the present state of knowledge, carefully defined vernacular names for baboons are less ambiguous than Linnaean binominals. Investigation of genetic polymorphism provides a powerful tool for explicating the breeding structure of baboons and other primates, and it is suggested that trapping and comprehensive bioassay would usefully complement most observational studies.

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“…Other authors have suggested that Guinea and hamadryas baboons are sister-taxa due to their phenotypic and behavioral similarity and that the yellow baboon branches with the chacma and olive baboons (Hill 1967). Based on socio-ecological arguments, it was proposed that the hamadryas baboon is sister to all other baboons (Buettner-Janusch 1966; Thorington and Groves 1970) whereas biochemical analyses suggested that it was the Guinea baboon that was the sister to all other forms (Williams-Blangero et al 1990). More recently, a north/south model was proposed (Jolly 1993) with the yellow and chacma baboons as sister taxa and a northern monophyletic group composed of the olive, hamadryas and Guinea baboons.…”

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Neutral nuclear variation inBaboons (genusPapio) provides insights into their evolutionary and demographic histories

Boissinot

Alvarez

Giraldo-Ramirez

et al. 2014

American J Phys Anthropol

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Baboons (genus Papio) are distributed over most of sub-Saharan Africa and in the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. Six distinct morphotypes, with clearly defined geographic distributions, are recognized (the olive, chacma, yellow, Guinea, Kinda and hamadryas baboons). The evolutionary relationships among baboon forms have long been a controversial issue. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA sequences revealed that the modern baboon morphotypes are mitochondrially paraphyletic or polyphyletic. The discordance between mitochondrial lineages and morphology is indicative of extensive introgressive hybridization between ancestral baboon populations. To gain insights into the evolutionary relationships among morphotypes and their demographic history, we performed an analysis of nuclear variation in baboons. We sequenced 13 non-coding, putatively neutral, nuclear regions and scored the presence/absence of 18 polymorphic transposable elements in a sample of 45 baboons belonging to five of the six recognized baboon forms. We found that the chacma baboon is the sister-taxon to all other baboons and the yellow baboon is the sister-taxon to an unresolved northern clade containing the olive, Guinea and hamadryas baboons. We estimated that the diversification of baboons occurred entirely in the Pleistocene, the earliest split dating ~1.5 million years ago, and that baboons have experienced relatively large and constant population sizes for most of their evolutionary history (~30,000 to 95,000 individuals).

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A Problem in Evolutionary Systematics: Nomenclature and Classification of Baboons, Genus Papio

Cited by 41 publications

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Vocalizations of Adult Gelada Baboons (Theropithecus gelada): Acoustic Structure and Behavioural Context

Vocalizations of Adult Gelada Baboons (Theropithecus gelada): Acoustic Structure and Behavioural Context

Genetic Markers and Baboon Biology

Neutral nuclear variation inBaboons (genusPapio) provides insights into their evolutionary and demographic histories

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