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The olive baboon, 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.
Scientific name: Papio anubis
Mass: 22 – 82 lbs (Male, Adult, Female), 32 lbs (Female, Adult)
Height: 2.3 ft. (Male, Adult, While standing), 1.8 ft. (Female, Adult, At Shoulder, while on all fours)
Gestation period: 179 days
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)
Length: 20 – 45 in. (Adult, Without Tail)
Family: Cercopithecidae
Distribution:
Distribution:
Olive baboons inhabit equatorial Africa from Senegal, across to northern Zaire, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania, living in many different habitats within this large range. They are often found in the savanna, but also in moist, evergreen forests, rocky cliffs, dry woodland, open grassland, and desert habitats, and near human settlements.
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