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The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level.
Theropithecus is a genus of primates in the family Cercopithecidae.It contains a single living species, the gelada (Theropithecus gelada), native to the Ethiopian Highlands.
A yawn is a reflex in vertebrate animals characterized by a long inspiratory phase with ... In a study involving gelada baboons, yawning was contagious between ...
Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, drill, surili , patas, and proboscis monkey.
Gelada baboons use what is known as a "shuffle gait", where they squat bipedally and move their feet in a shuffling motion. They tend to use bipedal locomotion when traveling short distances. They tend to use bipedal locomotion when traveling short distances.
Studies have shown that one move frequently made by pups may actually be a sign of empathy.
For instance, the females in hamadryas baboon harems are not usually genetically related because their harems are formed by "kidnapping" females from other harems and subsequent herding. [1] In contrast, gelada harems are based on kinship ties to genetically related females. [7] Multiple harems may assemble into larger groups known as "clans ...
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