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''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by
Reginald Innes Pocock Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist. Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward ...
in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa


Species

it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *''
Pterinochilus alluaudi ''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa Species it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *'' Pterinochilus alluaudi'' Berland, 1914 β€ ...
'' Berland, 1914 – Kenya *''
Pterinochilus andrewsmithi ''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa Species it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *'' Pterinochilus alluaudi'' Berland, 1914 β€ ...
'' Gallon, 2009 – Kenya *''
Pterinochilus chordatus ''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 Suda ...
'' ( GerstΓ€cker, 1873) –
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Pterinochilus cryptus ''Pterinochilus cryptus'' is a tarantula in the ''Pterinochilus'' genus. It was first described by Richard C. Gallon in 2008. It is found in Lucira, Angola in Namibe province, and is named after the Greek word for hidden, since they were original ...
'' Gallon, 2008 – Angola *''
Pterinochilus lapalala ''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa Species it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *'' Pterinochilus alluaudi'' Berland, 1914 β€ ...
'' Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 – South Africa *'' Pterinochilus lugardi'' Pocock, 1900 – Southern, East Africa *''
Pterinochilus murinus ''Pterinochilus murinus'' or the orange baboon tarantula, is an old-world tarantula that was first described in 1897 by Reginald Innes Pocock. This species is found on the African continent, in Angola, as well as central, eastern, and southern ...
'' Pocock, 1897 – Angola, Central, East, Southern Africa *''
Pterinochilus raygabrieli ''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa Species it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *'' Pterinochilus alluaudi'' Berland, 1914 β€ ...
'' Gallon, 2009 – Kenya *''
Pterinochilus simoni ''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa Species it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *'' Pterinochilus alluaudi'' Berland, 1914 β€ ...
'' Berland, 1917 – Angola,
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Pterinochilus vorax ''Pterinochilus'' is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa Species it contains ten species, all found in Africa: *'' Pterinochilus alluaudi'' Berland, 1914 β€ ...
'' Pocock, 1897 (
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) – Angola, Central, East Africa


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See also

* List of Theraphosidae species


References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Africa Taxa named by R. I. Pocock Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub