Olive Baboon
Papio anubis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,846
- Most observed in
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Olive baboon”.