Tags: Arachnid.
Pterinochilus chordatus or Killimanjaro mustard baboon spider is an old-world tarantula first described in 1873 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker. This species is found on the East side of the African continent from South Kordofan in Sudan in the north to Tanzania in the south. It has a body length of up to 2 inches (5 cm) and a leg span of up to 6 inches (15 cm). Like most old world tarantulas the Killimanjaro Mustard Baboon can be fairly aggressive.