King Baboon Tarantula

Description

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). #AMNature #AMCollection