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This tarantula, in common with the rest of the family, has downward-facing, parallel fangs, used like pickaxes rather than pincers. Adult males have smaller abdomens than females. Male pedipalps are club shaped, but it may take up to 4 years for differences between male and female to show, since the average male lifespan is about 4 years and ...
It is a burrowing species, often sold by pet stores under the name Hysterocrates gigas. Although these tarantulas both come from Cameroon, Hysterocrates crassipes does not turn red before molting , and has an enlarged tibia on leg pair IV into adulthood, whereas H. gigas does not keep these "enlarged" (thick) tibia.
H. greshoffi (Simon, 1891) Species 18, see text. Hysterocrates is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène ... Hysterocrates gigas Pocock ...
Hippotragus gigas, an extinct species of antelope; Holmskioldia gigas, a flowering plant species found in Kenya and Tanzania; Hyaenodon gigas, an extinct mammal species; Hydrodamalis gigas, an extinct sirenian; Hydrodynastes gigas, a rear-fanged venomous colubrid species found in South America; Hysterocrates gigas, a tarantula native to Cameroon
H. gigas, the largest Hyaenodon species, was much larger, being 378 kg (833 lb) and around 10 ft (3 m). [20] H. crucians from the early Oligocene of North America is estimated to only 10 to 25 kg (22 to 55 lb). H. microdon and H. mustelinus from the late Eocene of North America were even smaller and weighed probably about 5 kg (11 lb). [22]
Tapinauchenius plumipes, the orange tree spider, is a tarantula endemic to French Guiana. It was first described by Ludovico Di Caporiacco in 1954. Its previous name, Tapinauchenius gigas was based on the Latin word for giant, being gigas. [1] This tarantula is often kept as a pet and commonly bred.
H. dictator. Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa; Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 – South Africa; Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 – South Africa; Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) – South Africa; Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 – South Africa; H. marksi. Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 – Namibia, South Africa
Harpactira gigas, sometimes called the common baboon spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae. It is found in South Africa from Western Cape Province north to Limpopo Province. This reclusive spider, rarely encountered outside its burrow, reaches a body length of 55 mm, the female usually slightly larger than the male.