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The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas / ˌ h æ m ə ˈ d r aɪ. ə s /; [4] Tigrinya: ጋውና gawina; [5] Arabic: الرُبَّاح, Al Robah) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula. These ...
Hamadryas baboons have characteristics typical of monkeys native to Africa and Asia like non-grasping (or prehensile) tails, they are primarily terrestrial, and they have opposable thumbs that are very similar to a human's thumb.
The hamadryas is the smallest baboon species, with a body length of about 60–70 cm (24–28 inches) and weight of up to 18 kg (40 pounds). Females are brown, but males are silvery gray with an enormous cape of hair on the neck and shoulders. The hamadryas also differs from other baboons in its social behaviour.
Hamadryas baboons are a prey animal for hyena, leopards, and eagles. Activity and Behavior Activity Pattern. They spend the night on rocky cliffs, sometimes foraging miles during the day but returning to the cliffs to sleep. The mornings are spent with other families, sometimes hundreds of hamadryas baboons, playing, grooming, and chasing.
Hamadryas (hah-mah-DRY-US) baboons are big, strong monkeys. Unlike the flat faces of most monkeys, a baboon’s face has a long snout and a squared-off, dog-like muzzle. The face, rump, hands, and feet are bare, but fur covers the rest of the body.
Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: baboons, macaques, and vervet monkeys) Subfamily: Cercopithecinae. Genus: Papio. Species: Papio hamadryas* (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hamadryas baboon * General consensus is held among experts on baboon forms, but with broad disagreement over division of species within the genus. Body Weight: Male: 16-20 kg ...
Basic facts about Hamadryas Baboon: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
Unique among baboon species; hamadryas are not matrilineal; Maintain highly ordered social groups; Small groups interact in a fusion-fission social structure, forming large troops that congregate at night and dispand in search of food during the day; Group organizational levels (summarized from Abegglen 1984; Kummer 1968a; Kummer 1968b)
Location: Africa Rocks. Conservation Status: Stable. When Africa Rocks’ large, boisterous group of more than 20 hamadryas baboons charges into their expansive habitat, all heads turn. In hamadryas baboon society, a larger, dominant male leads a family unit of many females and their young.
The Hamadryas baboon [1] (Papio hamadryas) is a baboon species in the Old World monkey family. It’s the northernmost of all baboons and is native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula. These species are highly sexually dimorphic in size and fur character.