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Baboon Temporal range: 2.0–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene – Recent Olive baboon Yellow baboon calls recorded in Kenya Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Cercopithecidae Tribe: Papionini Genus: Papio Erxleben, 1777 Type species Papio ...
The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.
The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviours, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pai
Males may have a body measurement of up to 80 cm (31 in) and weigh 20–30 kg (44–66 lb); females weigh 10–15 kg (22–33 lb) and have a body length of 40–45 cm (16–18 in). [8] The tail adds a further 40–60 cm (16–24 in) to the length, and ends in a small tuft.
A gelada typically lives around 15 years. [18] [22] [23] Within the reproductive units, the females tend to be closely related and have strong social bonds. [22] Reproductive units split if they become too large. While females have strong social bonds in the group, a female only interacts with at most three other members of her unit. [22]
Papio P.L.S. Müller, 1773 Mandrillus is a genus of large Old World monkeys distributed throughout central and southern Africa , consisting of two species: M. sphinx and M. leucophaeus , the mandrill and drill , respectively. [ 4 ]
First Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder is a fictional character in Joseph Heller's 1961 novel, Catch-22.As the mess officer of Yossarian's squadron, Minderbinder is an entrepreneur during World War II, "perhaps the best known of all fictional businessmen" in American literature. [1]
[24] [25] Large individuals, however, often return to these shallower waters as they patrol their ranges, often to hunt or reproduce. [25] In Hawaii, the juvenile to subadult giant trevally is the most common large carangid in the protected inshore waters, with all other species apparently preferring the outer, less protected reefs. [ 26 ]