Pterinochilus
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 A Pterinochilus murinus tarantula
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Pterinochilus is a genus of baboon spiders, first described in 1897 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. The typical species described is P. vorax.
This genus contains the following species:
- Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 (Kenya)
- Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstäcker, 1873) (East Africa)
- Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002 (Zambia)
- Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Southern, East Africa)
- Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Angola, Central, East, Southern Africa)
- Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Angola, Congo)
- Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 (Angola, Central, East Africa)
