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The king baboon spider, scientific name , is a tarantula species native to East Africa. The king baboon spider can grow up to 20 cm in leg span. It is a slow-growing species. The spider is often rusty brown or orange in colour. As a burrowing species, the back legs are very thick and used for digging burrows.
This specimen is from the Museum's handling collection.
*Pelinobius muticus* (Karsch, 1885)
**Kingdom:** Animalia
**Phylum:** Arthropoda
**Subphylum:** Chelicerata
**Class: **Arachnida
**Order:** Araneae
**Infraorder: **Mygalomorphae
**Family: **Theraphosidae
More information on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_baboon_spider).
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