Olive Baboon

Olive Baboon

Papio anubis

Status - Lower Risk


Life span: 30 - 40 years
Total population: Unknown
Location : Equatorial Africa.
Gestation: 180 days
Height: 75cm
Weight: 14kg to 28kg (approx)


Olive baboons have a greenish/olive agouti coat. Adult males have longer hair on the shoulders than the females. Both males and females have a black face and ruffs on the cheeks.

They feed on grass, seeds, young leaves, fruits, tubers, cereals, invertebrates, young birds and small mammals.




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