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Baboons vary in size and weight depending on the species. The smallest, the Kinda baboon, is 50 cm (20 in) ... Male hamadryas baboons have large white manes.
The chacma baboon is perhaps the longest species of monkey, with an adult body length of 50 to 115 cm (20 to 45 in) and tail length of 45 to 84 cm (18 to 33 in). [5] [6] It is also one of the heaviest; the male weighs from 21 to 45
Besides the mane, the male olive baboon differs from the female in terms of weight, body and canine tooth size; males are, on average, 70 cm (28 in) tall while standing and females measure 60 cm (24 in) in height. [7] The olive baboon is one of the largest species of monkey; only the chacma baboon and the mandrill attain similar sizes. [8]
Male, female and infant. Like other baboons, the hamadryas baboon breeds aseasonally. The dominant male of a one-male unit does most of the mating, though other males may occasionally sneak in copulations, as well. [12] [14] [17] [26] Females do most of the parenting. They nurse and groom the infant and one female in a unit may groom an infant ...
Primates exhibit the highest levels of sexual dimorphism amongst mammals, [2] therefore the maximum body dimensions included in this list generally refer to male specimens. Mandrills and baboons are monkeys ; the rest of the species on this list are apes .
For their study, the researchers filmed 10 olive baboons of varying ages, from infants to mature adults, including both males and females.
Baboon researcher Esme Beamish, from Cape Town University’s Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, explains that it makes sense for the monkeys to venture into the city in search of food.
A man jogs past as a chacma baboon forages in the garden of a home in a suburban neighborhood of Da Game Park, near Simon's Town, outside of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 31, 2024.