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The olive baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys. The species is the most wide-ranging of all baboons , [ 3 ] being native to 25 countries throughout Africa , extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia [ 4 ] and Tanzania .
Two subfamilies are recognized, the Cercopithecinae, which are mainly African, but include the diverse genus of macaques, which are Asian and North African, and the Colobinae, which includes most of the Asian genera, but also the African colobus monkeys. The Linnaean classification beginning with the superfamily is: Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
Young Olive baboon on the back of its mother, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Females typically give birth after a six-month gestation, usually to a single infant; twin baboons are rare and often do not survive. The young baboon weighs approximately 400 g and has a black epidermis when born.
They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares) Genus: Poelagus. Bunyoro rabbit, Poelagus marjorita LR/lc; Genus: Lepus. Cape hare, Lepus capensis LR/lc; African savanna hare, Lepus microtis LR/lc
The Olive Baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis Baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys). The species is the most widely spread of all baboons: it is found in 25 countries throughout Africa , extending south from Mali to Ethiopia and to Tanzania .
Baboons are able to effortlessly transition from walking on four legs to two in less than a second without breaking their stride – despite being four-footed, scientists have found.
An adult olive baboon grooms a juvenile. Two adult red wolves groom a juvenile. A male cat grooms a female kitten. Social grooming is a behavior in which social animals, including humans, clean or maintain one another's bodies or appearances.
An African Elephant named Madhubala was finally reunited with her sisters after 15 years. Madhubala experienced poor conditions in captivity at Karachi Zoo in Pakistan.After the death of her other ...