Baboon
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| Hamadryas baboon(Papio hamadryas) | |
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| Genus: | Papio Erxleben,1777
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Baboonsare monkeys of thegenusPapio.They are one of the largest kinds of monkey. It is an intelligentOld Worldmonkey.It lives on the ground in groups called troops. Troops can be as small as a few baboons or as big as several hundred members.
Distribution[change|change source]
Baboons live inforestsand onsavannahsinAfricaand on theArabian Peninsula.As they move into the open land, the family groups come together into groups several hundred strong, led by adult males that work together to protect the others from predators.
Diet[change|change source]
Baboons are omnivores (they eat both plants and meat). They eat grasses, roots,insectsand other small animals, likelizards,smallmammals,fish,birds, andsnakes.In some places, they steal food from humans.
Predators[change|change source]
Leopards,cheetahs,African wild dogs,lions,hyenasand people hunt the baboon. To scare the predator away, baboons can show their eyelids, show their teeth, chase the predator, and make noise.
To understand their lives, one must see them in theirnatural environment.[1]