Olive baboon

Papio anubis

Mammalia · Primates · Cercopithecidae

Fig. 1. Olive baboon

Fig. 2. Range

Length or height	Body length about 50-110 cm
Weight	About 14-37 kg
Food	Omnivore
Lifespan	About 25-30 years
Society	Troops of up to 150 with ranked hierarchies
Habitat	savanna, grassland
Range	Africa
Wild or tame	Wild

A favorite of primate scientists studying friendship, stress and rank.

Observe: Watch grooming chains and who sits next to whom: that is the troop's politics.

Modern data

Status today

LCLeast concern status to verify

Conservation	Least concern.
Keeper's note	Keepers scatter food so baboons forage for hours.
Kingdom · phylum	Animalia · Chordata
Genus	Papio

Check the record: IUCN Red List · GBIF · ITIS

See it elsewhere in the museum

Zoo: Primates zone

For classes

Lessons: The Primate Learning Lab: Open the field notebookPreviewThe Primate Learning Lab: Watch one primatePreviewThe Primate Learning Lab: The stick in the termite moundPreview

Drawer: Zoo: Primates

Quiz: Primates quiz · 5 questions