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Monocentropus balfouri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Monocentropus
Species:
M. balfouri
Binomial name
Monocentropus balfouri
Pocock, 1897

Monocentropus balfouri is a tarantula in the Monocentropus genus, it was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. This tarantula is also called Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula, usually shortened to Blue Baboon Tarantula. This spider is named after its collector Isaac Bayley Balfour. It is found in Socotra Island, hence the common name. This tarantula is terrestrial and an opportunistic burrower.[1] Like many tarantulas, M. balfouri can be kept as a pet, although it is not a beginner species.

  1. ^ "Monocentropus balfouri". Theraphosidae. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2022-05-27.

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