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An olive baboon is a large primate species belonging to the baboon family, found across parts of Africa. These highly social animals live in groups and play an important role in their ecosystems as they forage for food and disperse seeds through their diet.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Papio
- Named after
- Anubis
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- Olive baboon (Papio anubis) with juvenile.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
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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, being native to 25 countries throughout Africa, extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania. Isolated populations are also present in some mountainous regions of the Sahara. It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. The common name is derived from its coat colour, which is a shade of green-grey at a distance. A variety of communications, vocal and non-vocal, facilitate a complex social structure.
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BaboonsCommons link from WikidataFauna of the SaharaIUCN Red List least concern speciesMammals described in 1827Mammals of South SudanMammals of Sub-Saharan AfricaMammals of the Central African RepublicMammals of UgandaMammals of West AfricaTaxa named by René LessonTaxonbars with automatically added original combinations