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Pterinochilus murinus or the orange baboon tarantula, [2] is a nocturnal spider in the family Theraphosidae that was first described in 1897 by Reginald Innes Pocock. [1] This species is found in Angola, as well as central and southern Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Harpactirinae, baboon spiders. [3]
Augacephalus junodi (Simon, 1904) — East, South Africa, the [East African] Bushveld Golden Brown Featherleg Baboon Bacillochilus (Gallon, 2010) [monotypic] Bacillochilus xenostridulans (Gallon, 2010) — Angola
Pterinochilus chordatus, or Kilimanjaro mustard baboon spider, is an old-world tarantula, first described in 1873 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker. This species is found on the East side of the African continent, from South Kordofan in Sudan in the north, to Tanzania in the south. It has a body length of up to 2 inches (5 cm) and a leg span of ...
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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.
Pelinobius or the king baboon spider [citation needed] is a monotypic genus of east African tarantulas containing the single species, Pelinobius muticus. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1885, [ 3 ] and is found in Tanzania and Kenya .
This is a burrowing spider and ranges in color from a dull black and gray to a rusty orange/brown. It is black when freshly moulted (post-moult) and turns brown just before a moult (pre-moult). Its eyes are small and weak and only able to judge light levels. Its abdomen is oval in shape with a diameter up to 4 inches (10 cm).
This usage dates from 1843, when Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages, [1] particularly sketches by John Leech. [2] The first of these parodied the preparatory cartoons for grand historical frescoes in the then-new Palace of Westminster in London. [3] Davy Jones' Locker, 1892 Punch cartoon by Sir John Tenniel