Chacma Baboon - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The three subspecies of the Chacma baboon are:

• Papio ursinus ursinus Kerr, 1792 – Cape Chacma (found in southern South Africa)
• P. u. griseipes Pocock, 1911 – gray-footed Chacma (found in northern South Africa to southern Zambia)
• P. u. raucana Shortridge, 1942 – Ruacana Chacma (found from Namibia to southern Angola)