Species Papio ursinus (Kerr, 1792) (Chacma baboon)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Metazoa
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Primates
  • ---- family: Cercopithecidae
  • ----- species: Papio ursinus
Synonyms:
  • Papio hamadryas ursinus
Characteristics:omnivore; body-length: 50-115 cm, tail-length: 50-70 cm; the fur is generally dark brown to grey on the back and lighter on the underparts and on the sides of the face; the face is long and downwards-sloping; the first part of the long tail is carried upwards while the rest hangs down;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 204
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2005-04-10
Place: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Creator: D. Gordon E. Robertson
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Source: wikimedia
Date: 2006-05-17
Place: unknown
Creator: Graham
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Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25939905
Date: 2013-08-17
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27439293
Date: 2014-01-13
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31875834
Date: 2015-01-09
Place: Hwange National Park (Matabeleland, Zimbabwe)
Creator: Simon J. Tonge
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Females and young just after descending from trees first thing in the morning

Source: wikimedia
Permission: PD
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/21937809
Date: 2010-12-25
Creator: Flickr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2004-09-09
Place: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Creator: Harald Süpfle
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

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