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Yellow baboons are a species of large primate native to East Africa that get their name from their yellowish-brown fur. They are important subjects for scientific research because their social behavior and biology help researchers understand primate evolution and behavior.
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Least ConcernDer Steppenpavian (Papio cynocephalus), auch Gelber Pavian oder Babuin genannt, ist eine Primatenart aus der Gattung der Paviane innerhalb der Familie der Meerkatzenverwandten (Cercopithecidae).
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Research
686 papers- Class I MHC expression in the yellow baboon.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2001
- Infection of a yellow baboon with simian immunodeficiency virus from African green monkeys: evidence for cross-species transmission in the wild.Journal of virology · 1994
- Sexual Dimorphism of Endocranial, Facial and Limb Measurements in the Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus).Anatomia, histologia, embryologia · 2015
- Inverted intergeneric introgression between critically endangered kipunjis and yellow baboons in two disjunct populations.Biology letters · 2018
- Yellow baboon labor and parturition at the Tana River National Primate Reserve, Kenya.American journal of primatology · 1994
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The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon in the family of Old World monkeys. The species epithet means "dog-head" in Greek, due to the dog-like shape of the muzzle and head. Yellow baboons have slim bodies with long arms and legs along with yellowish-brown hair. They resemble the chacma baboon, but are somewhat smaller and with a less elongated muzzle. Their hairless faces are black, framed with white sideburns. Males can grow to about 84 cm (33 in), females to about 60 cm (24 in). They have long tails which grow to be nearly as long as their bodies. The average life span of the yellow baboon in the wild is roughly 15–20 years; some may live up to 30 years.
Yellow baboons inhabit savannas and light forests in eastern Africa, from Kenya and Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Botswana. They are diurnal, terrestrial, and live in complex, mixed-gender social groups of 8 to 200 individuals per troop. Like all other baboon species, they are omnivorous, with a preference for fruits; they also eat plants, leaves, seeds, grasses, bulbs, bark, blossoms and fungi, as well as worms, grubs, insects, spiders, scorpions, birds, rodents and small mammals. All species of baboons are highly opportunistic feeders and will eat virtually any food they can find.