Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 2 species of baboon, in the family Cercopithecidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 26 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
In Ancient Egypt, baboons were held sacred and linked to the god Thoth.
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It feeds mainly on roots, grasses and fruit, supplemented with small invertebrates and vertebrates.
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It lives in savannah, grassland, steppe and tropical woodland across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Its society has four nested levels: the one-male unit with several females, the clan, the band and the troop, which can gather several hundred animals on the same cliff at nightfall.
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It was a sacred animal in Ancient Egypt, associated with Thoth, god of writing and knowledge, and tens of thousands of individuals were mummified.
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