Baboon
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BABOON (from the Fr. babuin, which is itself derived from Babon, the Egyptian deity to whom it was sacred), properly the designation of the long-muzzled, medium-tailed Egyptian monkey, ...
Baboon harems: The Hamadryas baboon has very large groups comprised of many smaller harems (one male with four or so females), to which females from elsewhere in the troop are recruited while still too young to breed.
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Baboon
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any of the large, powerful, ground-living monkeys of the genus Papio, also called dog-faced monkeys. Five subspecies live in Africa, with one species extending into the Arabian peninsula.
Baboons travel in packs. They eat scorpions, insects, and other animals as well as plant food . Most true baboons are yellowish to brown.
Baboons live in well-organized troops, and the individual is only secure within his or her own troop. Large, dominant males rule the group and are responsible for keeping order among quarrelsome members and for protecting the group from predators.
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Type: Mammal Diet: Omnivore Average life span in the wild: 30 years Size: Head and body, 20 to 34 in (60 to 86 cm); Tail, ...
Baboons sleep, travel, feed and socialize together in groups of about 50 individuals, consisting of seven to eight males and approximately twice as many females plus their young.
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Baboons are large, old world monkeys containing five species native to Africa and south-west Arabia.
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Chacma Baboon {Papio ursinus}
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Chacma Baboon
Papio ursinus
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Baboons are only found in Africa. They are the best adapted of all monkeys to a terrestrial life. Baboons live in a wide range of habitats including open habitats. But they require rocky cliffs or tall trees to sleep in at night and access to water.
Baboons live mostly in the African woodland savanna, and highland grasslands. They never wander far from trees, or a source of water.
Baboons can be an important food source for other animals. Some of the largest eagles will feed on them or their young. The African crowned hawk eagle will often hunt in pairs.
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Baboons are bulky, ground-dwelling MONKEYS in the order Primate, family Cercopithecidae ...
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Baboons have complex social structures with anywhere from 8 to 200 individuals per troop. They use at least 10 different vocalizations to communicate.
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The baboon has an unusual 4-level social system called a multi-level society. Most social interaction occurs within small groups called one-male units or harems containing one male and up to nine females which the males lead and guard.
Hamadryas baboons are socially and structurally distinct from other species of baboon. Males are related to each other and females move between groups. They sleep on rocky cliffs in aggregations that may number as many as 750.
Hamadryas baboons have a fluffy coat. Females and young baboons are brown, while adult males have a silver hair on their shoulders and back. Their faces and rump have pink skin with no hair.
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Africa Mammals Guide Information: It is a large primate with a dog-like face and big, prominant canines. A mature male measures 1.5m from head to tail and weighs up to 33 Kgs, whereas the more slender female measures 1.1 m and has...
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Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix II
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Yellow Baboons
Here's a mother and baby yellow baboon staring at the funny-looking primates in the safari vehicle. We saw a lot of vervet monkeys too, but definitely the most commonly seen primates were baboons.
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the baboons is one widespread in Africa and South-Arabia and therefore into numerous types and subtypes of subdivided group of quite dog-nicely workin...
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The baboon is a large monkey with a long snout and large cheek pouches.
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Chimpanzees are very intelligent apes from Africa; they are closely related to humans.
Baboon males apparently leave their natal groups of their own accord. They are not expelled from their natal troop, as some have thought. Emigration of males may be related to sexual attraction to unfamiliar females.
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The NC Zoo has one of the largest troops of baboons in the United States. This dynamic group has three male units, each with their harem of females and young.
Its main enemies are the lion, leopard, hyena and baboon.
Diet
The Cheetah preys mainly on small gazelles and antelope, hares, and ground birds; Thompson's gazelle being their food of choice.
Like others species of baboon, mandrills are sociable animals, living in groups which may number from fifteen to 200 members. Each group contains at least one adult male, five or more adult females, and their young.
This old world monkey is closely related to baboons and is the largest of all monkeys. Males are more colorful than females, and about twice as big.
For instance, scientists have observed a baboon give a "false alarm." The baboon was being threatened and chased by other group members.
In Namibia, leopards are known to prey on kudu calves, gemsbok calves, steenbok, duiker, game birds, dassies, baboons bat eared foxes and even cheetahs and any other abundant prey in the area.
In addition, juveniles are depredated by smaller predators like jackals, the Libyan wildcat, ratel, baboons, eagles, and monitor lizards (Walther, 1990).
Many Old World monkeys-the baboons and mandrills of Africa; the rhesus monkeys of India-are larger than New World monkeys. In fact, Old World monkeys are more closely related to apes than they are to their distant South and Central American cousins.
They vary from the little pygmy marmoset and the fat-tailed dwarf lemur to the mandrill and the hamadryas baboon.
Stones are used to crack nuts, or as missiles to drive baboons or humans away from food. Another material used for tools is leaves.
The drill is a short-tailed forest baboon weighing about 15 kg (33 lb). It is found in tropical rain forest, where it subsists on a diet of fruit, seeds, fungi, roots, insects and small animals.
Predators:
Leopards, lions, hyenas, and baboons
Locomotion (type, top speeds, etc.):
The cheetah is the fastest animal on land, reaching speeds of 70 mph. They can cover 23-26 feet in one stride. At two points in the stride, no feet touch the ground.
It is closely related to the baboon. The mandrill is primarily terrestrial (it lives on the ground) but sleeps in trees. The mandrill walks on all four legs.
Mammals that live in the same habitat are: steenbok, springbok, oryx, kudu, Dassie Rat, Chacma Baboon, rock dassie, klipspringer and ostrich.
Hill, R.A.. "Size-dependent tortoise predation by baboons at De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa." South African Journal of Science 95 v.3 (Mar. 1999): 123-124.
Wild: flowers, fruit, galls, insects, leaves, seeds, seeds & meat (baboons, birds, bush pigs, monkeys, rodents)
Zoo: fruits, greens monkey chow & vegetables
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The Old World monkeys include some terrestrial species such as the baboons, while New World monkeys are exclusively arboreal.
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Diet: small insects and rodents as well as large game such as antelopes, wildebeest, impala, reed buck, fish, apes, and baboons
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They are known to prey on plains zebra, Cape buffalo, warthog, hyaena, baboon, blue wildebeest, impala, giraffe, big cats (especially lion) and other crocodiles.
 See also: Monkey, Vulture, King vulture, Mussel, Tapir
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