Species group · Mammals
Baboons
WAnimals has 2 species of baboon, all in the family Cercopithecidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 43 countries
- 38 parks
- Weight
- 11 kg – 45 kg
- Length
- 50 cm – 1.2 m
- Lifespan
- 30 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of baboons on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 43 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
The troops on the Cape Peninsula come down to the shore to eat mussels, limpets and small stranded sharks, behaviour unique among African primates.
From Chacma Baboon
The males have the longest canines of any primate in proportion to their body, able to exceed five centimetres.
From Chacma Baboon
The subject of over 50 years of social-behaviour research at Amboseli, in Kenya.
From Yellow Baboon
The population of the Amboseli basin in Kenya has been followed continuously since 1971 and is one of the longest-running studies of wild primates in existence, with individual pedigrees spanning more than half a century.
From Yellow Baboon
Females inherit their mother's social rank: the daughter of a dominant female will hold a high position from a young age, and the hierarchy is thus passed down the female line for generations.
From Yellow Baboon