Hamadryas baboon
species of baboon
The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family.[4] It is the northernmost of all the baboons. It lives in the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions have fewer natural predators than central or southern Africa, where other baboons live.
| Hamadryas baboon[1] | |
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| Male at Tierpark Hellabrunn | |
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| Female, Awash National Park, Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Papio |
| Species: | P. hamadryas
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| Binomial name | |
| Papio hamadryas | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The hamadryas baboon was a sacred animal in ancient Egypt.
References
change- ↑ Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Gippoliti, S. & Ehardt, T. (2008). "Papio hamadryas". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16019A5354647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16019A5354647.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (10th ed.). p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ Groves C.P; Wilson D.E. Reeder D.M. (eds) Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-801-88221-4
