Ceratogyrus marshalli

Ceratogyrus marshalli
Female Straight Horned Baboon (Ceratogyrus marshalli)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Ceratogyrus
Species:
C. marshalli
Binomial name
Ceratogyrus marshalli
(Pocock, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Ceratogyrus dolichocephalus
  • Ceratogyrus cornuatus

Ceratogyrus marshalli, also known as Straight Horned Baboon or Great Horned Baboon Tarantula, is a species of tarantula from the genus Ceratogyrus. It is found in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[1] It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897, as half of the Ceratogyrus genus, they own a impressive horn in the carapace.

  1. ^ "World spider catalog". NMBE - World Spider Catalog. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04.