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Ceratogyrus | |
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Ceratogyrus darlingi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897[1] |
Species | |
10, species text. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Coelogenium Purcell, 1902 |
Ceratogyrus is a genus of tarantulas found in southern Africa.[1] They are commonly called horned baboons for the foveal horn found on the peltidium in some species.