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Hamadryas Baboon

Mammals

The hamadryas baboon is a species of Old World monkey and the northernmost of all baboons, native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, regions that offer it fewer natural predators than the central and southern African ranges of other baboon species. It was held sacred by the ancient Egyptians, who gave it roles in their religion, and is known alternatively as the sacred baboon for that reason.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Males have a pronounced silver white mane and mantle developed around age ten and are nearly twice the size of females, weighing 20 to 30 kg; females are capeless and brown, weighing 10 to 15 kg. 1
Scientific Name
Papio hamadryas 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Cercopithecidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
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Sources
1. Hamadryas baboon, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, opening
    Papio hamadryas
  • Infobox conservation status, 2008 assessment
    Least Concern
  • Description section
    Males having a pronounced silver-white mane and mantle, which they develop at around the age of ten years, while the females are capeless and brown all over
View the Source
2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Hamadryas baboon (Wikipedia)
native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian PeninsulaView the Source
4. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
Wikidata: Hamadryas Baboon
Wikidata Q189484, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: CercopithecidaeView the Source
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