yellow baboon

species of baboon
Taxon taxon Q751636
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Summary

yellow baboon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,775 views/month, #1,505 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Papio[5]
  • Taxon name: Papio cynocephalus[6]
  • Commons category: Papio cynocephalus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Papio cynocephalus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Papio cynocephalus[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10]
  • Original combination: Simia cynocephalus[11]
  • Short name: P. cynocephalus[12]
  • Taxon common name: Yellow baboon[13], бабуин[14], жёлтый павиан[15], Papión Dorado[16], Babouin cynocépahle[17], Steppenpavian[18], Webbipavian[19], pawian masajski[20], pawian zielony[21], babuin[22], rumeni pavijan[23]
  • Gestation period: 183 day[24]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[25]

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Identifiers

yellow baboon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67683[26]. yellow baboon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9556[27]. yellow baboon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2918296[28]. yellow baboon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7262027[29]. yellow baboon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 944208[30].

Why It Matters

yellow baboon has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 20w ago · Putnik · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → babuinas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: babuinas"
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