BABOONS
BABOONS
The baboon genus, Papio, includes at least 6 species and 3 subspecies.
Papio ursinus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Chacma baboons are found throughout southern Africa. They are found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. These baboons live in woodlands, savannas, steppes, sub deserts, and montane regions. In the Western Cape region of southern African chacmas are often referred to as the cape…
Papio papio
CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED
Guinea baboons are Old World monkeys that inhabit the woodlands, savannas, forests, and grasslands of the coastal West African countries of Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, and Gambia. In Senegal, Guinea baboons have found a very suitable habitat in Niokolo National Park, where groups of…
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
Olive baboons live in central sub-Saharan Africa, spreading over 25 countries, from east to west with a few pockets of isolated populations in the Saharan region. Although usually referred to as savanna monkeys, they are extremely adaptable and thrive in a wide variety of habitats, ranging from open grasslands…
Papio cynocephalus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The yellow baboon, an Old World monkey, is found in Africa, from its brown and prickly thorn scrubs and grassy savannas to its open woodlands and gallery forests. Located mostly in Central Africa, the yellow baboon can be spotted in the countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, and Zambia. In…