Papio ursinus
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyCercopithecidae
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Bird sounds
- alarm call· Botswana· quality A
- defensive call, mating call, social call· South Africa· quality A
- call· Zimbabwe· quality A
- call· Botswana· quality A
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Research
507 papers- Optimal foraging.Current biology : CB · 2022
- Bone morphogenetic proteins in craniofacial and periodontal tissue engineering: experimental studies in the non-human primate Papio ursinus.Cytokine & growth factor reviews · 2005
- Linking energy availability, movement and sociality in a wild primate (Papio ursinus).Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
- The thrombin generation capability of the Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus): implications for haemostatic disease models.Scientific reports · 2023
- Tick infestation of baboons (Papio ursinus) in the Namib Desert.Journal of wildlife diseases · 1992
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Wikidata facts
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Article
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 pairings. These behaviors form parts of a complex evolutionary ecology. In general, the species is not threatened, but human population pressure has increased contact between humans and baboons. Hunting, trapping, and accidents kill or remove many baboons from the wild, thereby reducing baboon numbers and disrupting their social structure.
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