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Pterinochilus
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Pterinochilus

Pterinochilus is a genus of tarantulas (family Theraphosidae), in the subfamily known as baboon spiders. The species was first described in 1897 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. The type species is P. vorax.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Usambara Baboon Tarantula

speciesPterinochilus murinus

Kilimanjaro Mustard Baboon Spider

speciesPterinochilus chordatus

Fort Hall Baboon Spider

speciesPterinochilus lugardi

East African Lesser Banded Baboon Spider

speciesPterinochilus vorax

Pterinochilus simoni

speciesPterinochilus simoni

Waterberg Baboon Spider

speciesPterinochilus lapalala

Pterinochilus alluaudi

speciesPterinochilus alluaudi

Pterinochilus andrewsmithi

speciesPterinochilus andrewsmithi

Pterinochilus raygabrieli

speciesPterinochilus raygabrieli

Orange Baboon Spider

speciesPterinochilus cryptus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 421540.