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Origin:
Niger, Nigeria
Genus Meaning:
(Greek), womb + strong
Species meaning:
Greek, Latin), Herculean

Hysterocrates hercules
hi-stuh-ro-KRA-teez HUHR-kyuh-leez
Hercules baboon (Pocock, 1897)

A Hercules species is one of the largest African spider. A burrowing species and requires special attention to its needs to be set up with enough substrate to construct a suitable burrow.

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