BABOONS
BABOONS
The baboon genus, Papio, includes at least 6 species and 3 subspecies.
Papio ursinus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The chacma baboon, also known as the Cape baboon, dog-faced monkey, or savanna baboon, is an Afro-Eurasian monkey. One of the largest monkey species, it is found in southern Africa, including the Zambezi Valley, southwestern Zambia, Caprivi, and the coasts of southern Angola. Given the vastness of their territory…
Papio papio
CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED
The Guinea baboon, also known as the red baboon, is widespread across West Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Populations are found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, southern Mauritania, western Mali, Gambia, Senegal, and northwestern parts of Sierra Leone. Compared to other baboons who prefer...
Papio hamadryas
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Most people imagine baboons foraging among lush trees in forests, but the hamadryas baboon thrives in shrubby habitats with few large trees and they often take refuge in rocky cliffs. Hamadryas baboons live in dry, arid (almost desert-like) regions in the southern peninsula of Arabia and north-eastern Africa. Currently…
Papio kindae
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The Kinda baboon occurs in southwestern Tanzania (though possibly as far as northern Mahale Mountains National Park), southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Zambia, and northern Angola. Their habitat is a combination of gallery forest, thorny scrub woodlands, and savanna. Like yellow baboons…
Papio anubiss
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Found across twenty-five countries throughout equatorial Africa, the olive baboon—also referred to as the savanna monkey or Anubis baboon—has the most expansive range of any baboon species. Whether they are perched atop a steep, jagged slope overlooking sunlit grassy plains, or scurrying on all fours across semi-desert…
Papio cynocephalus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The yellow baboon occurs in several countries across the African continent, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, and Zambia. The most prominent geographical borders of this territory include Mount Kenya and the Tanya River in Kenya, and the Luangwa River and Zambezi valley…