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Tom Larson
Collected
Nov. 3, 1950
Serongo, Ngamiland
Rhodesia Baboon
Comatus chobiensis
Genus species - Papio grisipes
Subfamily - Cercopitheciinae
Family - Cercopithecidae
Super family - Cercopithecoidea
Suborder - ANTHROPOIDEA
Order - PRIMATES
KM- 107644, 1 June 1938, Kayungula,
E. Caprivi, 3030', S. Bank of Yambese, N.
Bechuanaland, 100, 625, 195, 50.
Desc - Above a streaky blackish, brownish
rusty yellow all blended together, below
more grey, face black, nails black,
pads black, tail 2/3 length of body,
lone spot behind tail, hair on legs above
yellow-brown.
Own Notes
Got this species at Seronga,
Ngamiland, Bechuanaland. Seronga is
a Bayeyi and Mambu Bushu native
village on one of the swamp islands of
the D. Kavango River Delta. This country
is intermixed with lagoons, branches
of the river, swamps, grassy meadows,
and occasional trices of land. Any
land that rises above the marshes is
entirely of sand. The meadows are thickly
swept out with grasses and reeds; the
slightly higher lands are covered with